After the fall of the Assad regime, Huda Khayti returned to her hometown of Duma. The ruined Syrian city confronted her with the past, and motivated Khayti to dedicate her life to a new Syria.

The State Duma’s press service said that Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin forwarded the bill on formation of the Federation Council and the statuses of senators and deputies to the Committee on State ...

Issued in 1905, it promised significant political reform, although most of these promises were open to interpretation: A Duma (elected national parliament) was to be set up. No law was to be ...

Four Dumas were held between 1906 and 1914. The first two featured strong opposition to Tsarism and quickly dissolved. The next two were less radical and more flexible as a result of changes to ...

The day after Assad was gone, she started the journey from her temporary home in Syria's northwestern city of Idlib back to her home town Duma. Her fear grew with every kilometer, but so did her ...