Syria to hold presidential vote on May 26
By AFP
19 April 2021 |
6:59 am
Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26, announces parliament speaker Hamouda Sabbagh, likely to keep in power President Bashar al-Assad, in a country devastated by a decade of war.
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