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Over 18 million called to polls in Syrian presidential elections 1 minute read
Damascus, May 25 (EFE).- Over 18 million Syrians are eligible to vote in Wednesday’s presidential elections, which are widely-expected to extend Bashar al-Assad’s time in power.
Syria’s Interior Minister Mohamad al-Rahmoun on Tuesday said the figures included Syrians living abroad and voters in areas of Syria not under Damascus control after a 10-year civil war.
Residents of Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria and the majority of Idlib province, held by armed militias including Islamist factions, will not take part in the vote.
The legitimacy of elections has been rejected by Western governments, the United Nations and Assad’s Syrian opponents, many of whom are now abroad, who believe the vote has been choreographed to seal the incumbent’s rule.