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Syria to hold presidential election on May 26
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April 18, 2021
File photo of a man walks past a banner depicting Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Douma - REUTERS
File photo of a man walks past a banner depicting Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Douma - REUTERS×
Nominations for Syria’s presidential election close in 11 days time. Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26 that is virtually certain to return President Bashar al-Assad for a third term - an event that Washington and the opposition say is a farce designed to cement his autocratic rule.
Assad s family and his Baath party have ruled Syria for five decades with the help of the security forces and the army, where his Alawite minority dominate.
Syria sets May date for presidential election opposition says is farce
The poll on 26 May is all but certain to return Bashar al-Assad for a third term as president
Syria’s parliament convenes to set the presidential election date. Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images
Syria’s parliament convenes to set the presidential election date. Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images
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Sun 18 Apr 2021 11.35 EDT
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Syria will hold a presidential election on 26 May that is virtually certain to return Bashar al-Assad for a third term, an event Washington and the opposition say is a farce designed to cement his autocratic rule.
Syria: Opposition slams May 26 elections
Campaign posters of candidates for Syrian parliamentary election are displayed in the northern city of Aleppo, on July 15, 2020 [-/AFP via Getty Images] April 18, 2021 at 3:26 pm
Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26 that is virtually certain to return President Bashar al-Assad for a third term – an event that Washington and the opposition say is a farce designed to cement his autocratic rule,
Reuters reported.
Assad s family and his Baath party have ruled Syria for five decades with the help of the security forces and the army, where his Alawite minority dominate.
This year is the 10th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters which triggered a civil war that has left much of Syria in ruins.