Syria holds elections in Kurdish-majority areas, finds Assad-era chemical weapons

Elections in Syria and the future of Kurdish participation

The fall of the Assad regime marked not only the end of a dictatorship in Syria; it opened a historic opportunity to rebuild the country's political order after more than a de...

Syria holds elections in Kurdish-majority areas, finds Assad-era chemical weapons

Syria moved forward with another round of local elections on May 24 as the government seeks to strengthen its legitimacy and extend authority following years of conflict. The vote came as Damascus said it was working with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to turn over remnants of the previous Assad regime’s chemical weapons program. The post Syria holds elections in Kurdish-majority areas, finds Assad-era chemical w…