DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) Syrians in government-held areas of the war-torn country headed to polling stations early Wednesday to vote in a presidential election guaranteed to give President Bashar Assad a fourth seven-year term.
Vote in government-held areas has been decried as a sham by observers and Western countries, with no supervision and just 2 unknown figures running against president
Thousands of Syrians lined up outside polling stations in parts of their war-torn country to cast votes on Wednesday, in elections dismissed as a sham and guaranteed to give longtime President Bashar Assad a fourth seven-year term.