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Polls opened for Syria s presidential election on Wednesday with President Bashar Al Assad casting his ballot in the town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta in a symbolic show of power over the former rebel stronghold.
Douma was recaptured by government forces in 2018 after a Russian-backed military campaign helped Mr Assad force Jaish Al Islam, the rebel group which controlled Douma, to retreat following years of siege and daily bombardment.
The town is also where a suspected chemical attack took place in April, 2018 prompting missile strikes by the United States, France and Britain against several suspected chemical weapons facilities in Syria.