Syria holds elections in Kurdish-majority areas, finds Assad-era chemical weapons (opens in new tab)

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 appeared first on .