Syria to hold election in May after years of war
May 16, 2021
Mr Assad is not expected to face serious opposition despite continuing conflict and a growing economic crisis.
After 10 years of war the Syrian government controls most of the big population centres in the country.
About 400,000 people have been killed and over half of Syrians displaced.
The election for a president who will serve a seven-year-term will take place on 26 May, Speaker Hamouda Sabbagh said. Prospective candidates for the election would be able to register from Monday while Syrians abroad would be able to vote at embassies on 20 May.
It is the second presidential election to take place during the civil war. The previous vote in 2014 – dismissed as undemocratic and illegitimate by opponents within Syria and by the US and EU – saw Mr Assad win 92% of the vote.
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Turkish-backed Syrian militants swapped five captured Syrian soldiers for five militants in Russian captivity in Syria on Friday, Russia’s TASS news agency reported.
The swap took place near al-Bab in Aleppo province, TASS said, citing the Russian defence ministry.
“A swap of five Syrian soldiers kept by the armed opposition units for five members of illegal armed groups was conducted near the settlement of al-Bab in the Aleppo governorate on July 2,” the ministry said.
“Representatives of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the International Committee of the Red Cross and chief of the Damascus office of United Nations Special Envoy (Geir) Pedersen were present during the exchange as observers,” the ministry added.