Final presidential debate shows Iran's political fissures
Ahead of Friday's presidential election, hard-liners refer to those seeking ties to the West as "infiltrators." Hard-line judiciary chief Ebrahim ...
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Syria's Assad wins reelection with 95.1% of vote
Voting did not take place in areas controlled by Syrian rebels or Kurdish forces. Five million Syrian refugees largely refrained ...
Syrians vote in election certain to give Assad new mandate
"The Assad regime’s so-called presidential election is neither free nor fair," US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says in a ...
New poll: Likud holds steady, Gantz gains, Bennett drops
According to the poll conducted for Channel 12, Yair Lapid and his Yesh Atid party would also gain four mandates ...
Hardline former Iranian leader Ahmadinejad to run for president again
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become a caricature of Western perceptions of the Islamic Republic’s worst attributes, such as questioning the Holocaust, ...
Netanyahu-Gantz partnership back on table, officials say
Those close to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, however, say the security situation is his only focus at the moment.
As Netanyahu's mandate expires, New Hope officially endorses Lapid for PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to meet a midnight deadline to put together a new governing coalition, blames Yamina chairman ...
Ra'am signals to Yesh Atid, Likud that it is inclined to recommend no one
Joint Arab List members worry that Ra'am has closed a deal with the Likud to recommend Yamina leader Naftali Bennett ...
Syrian court names 2 obscure candidates to run against Assad
Opposition groups and Western countries view the May 26 Syrian presidential election as a farce to keep Bashar Assad in ...
'President won't extend Netanyahu's mandate to form a government'
Political officials are saying that President Reuven Rivlin will not give the PM extra time to complete the task, and ...