Syria's ruling Baath party and its allies have won a majority in parliamentary elections, results announced Tuesday by the electoral commission showed. President Bashar Assad's party and allies took 177 seats out of 250 in Sunday's polls, the third such elections since the start of the war nine years ago. Turnout stood at 33 percent, commission head Samer Zamreeq said, down from 57 percent in 2016. Hussam Qatirji, a businessman ...