Syrian President Bashar al-Assad wins third term --- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a third term in office after securing 88.7% of votes in Tuesday's presidential election, the parliamentary speaker says. -- Earlier, Syria's constitutional court put the vote turnout at 73.47%. -- Voting took place in government-controlled areas, but not in parts of the north and east held by rebels. -- Tens of thousands of people have died in three years of civil war in Syria, with millions more displaced. -- President Assad's key challengers, Hassan al-Nouri and Maher Hajjar, received 4.3% and 3.2% of the vote respectively. -- Syria's constitutional court had earlier announced that some 11.63 million Syrians voted out of a total of 15.85 million eligible to cast a ballot. - More, BBC, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27706471