Daily Memo: Left-Wing Parties Struggle, Syria Strives for Unity

The new government in Damascus is making its intentions clear.

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Major shift. Left-wing parties have hit their lowest popularity level since the Cold War, according to an analysis by British publication The Telegraph. In elections in 73 countries with a total population of 1.5 billion people, left-wing parties showed record-low results, receiving an average of only 45.4 percent support in each democracy’s last vote. With […]

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