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May 12, 2024 · Ayman Abdel Nour, a veteran Syrian political commentator, said that the election this year was set up to bring in a new "flavour" to revitalise the Baath party. Mr Abdel Nour said Mr Al Assad had signalled to the security agencies not to interfere in the party's internal election that resulted in new faces in its leadership this month, although ...
May 19, 2021 · Unfortunately, the Syrian presidential election — conducted without a U.N. mandate and lacking the United Nations’ imprimatur — significantly undermines the Geneva process, deepening its obsolescence.
May 4, 2021 · May 4, 2021. Syrians on Wednesday cast their votes in an election that rights groups and Western governments say is a foregone conclusion. President Bashar al-Assad is all but guaranteed to win the presidential poll, securing a fourth seven-year term in the midst of a decade-long revolt against his rule. Who is running?
Jun 22, 2021 · Faced with a decade of bloodshed and massive economic woes, the question is whether Assad can actually deliver on his election promise of a new Syria, or whether we should simply anticipate more of the same.
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May 28, 2021 · The election is likely to offer little change to conditions in Syria. While Assad and his allies — Russia and Iran — may be seeking a new seal of legitimacy for a president in office since 2000, his re-election is likely to deepen the rift with the West, driving him closer to Russian and Iranian backers as well as China.
May 26, 2021 · 26 May 2021. Reuters. Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma cast their ballots in the former rebel stronghold of Douma. A presidential election is taking place in government-held parts of Syria,...
May 28, 2021 · CAIRO, May 27 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of the votes in an election that will extend his rule over a country ruined by war but which...
