TEHRAN (FNA)- The vote count is underway in Syria after polling stations closed at midnight, in a presidential race needed to establish legitimacy in the violence-torn country. The country's Higher Judicial Committee for Elections extended the voting process by five extra hours to allow Syrians enough time to make their choice. Head of the committee ...

One of the three Syrian presidential candidates says Iran and Syria play an important role in political equations in the Middle East region. Hassan Abdullah al-Nouri said on Saturday that cooperation among Syria, Iran, Russia and the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, will foil colonialistic plans of countries outside the region. He added ...