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A sham vote does not mask the countrys dire political and economic reality

The least surprising news of the week from Syria is that Bashar al-Assad has won another seven-year term with 95% of the votes – an increase on the 89% he won in 2014. Officials said 78.6% of eligible voters, or more than 13.5 million people, cast their ballots in the election on May 26. But western critics have pointed out this is highly unlikely, given that so much of the electorate lives in areas under the control of rebels or Kurdish-led troops, where the vote wasn’t held. Syria’s mi...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad voted on Wednesday in an election set to tighten his grip over a country mired in more than a decade-long conflict. Al-Assad cast his ballot in the former rebel stronghold of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in 2018, which, in retaliation, saw heavy military strikes by the US, UK and France. After voting, Assad said, "Syria is not what they were trying to market, one city against the other...

Syria election: Bashar Assad votes in former rebel town Douma, site of chemical attack Charlene Rodrigues © Provided by The Independent Syrias President Bashar Assad voted on Wednesday in an election set to tighten his grip over a country mired in more than a decade-long conflict. He cast his ballot in the former rebel stronghold of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in 2018, which, in retaliation, saw heavy military strikes by the US, UK and France. After ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is set to win a fourth term in office as polling stations open across the nation.

Polling stations opened on Wednesday across Syria in a presidential election that is set to usher Bashar al-Assad into a fourth term in office.

AMMAN — Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad cast his vote on Wednesday in an election expected to win him a fourth term, choosing the former rebel stronghold of…

Polling stations opened on Wednesday across Syria in a presidential election that is set to usher Bashar al-Assad into a fourth term in office.

Aid group’s patron condemns Foreign Office for postponing financial contribution

Polling stations opened across Syria in a presidential election that is set to usher Bashar al-Assad into a fourth term in office. A Syrian woman casts her vote at a polling station in Aleppo on May 26, 2021. Photo: AFP The government says the election shows Syria is functioning normally despite a decade-old war, but the opposition and Western nations view it as merely rubber-stamping Assads grip on power. Assad is running against two obscure candidates. In Damascus Universitys Faculty of Arts...