This is what the Syrian election looks like in Lebanon
- May 29, 2014
- 1 min read
Homs



Since 2011, the country has been plagued by the Syrian Civil War that has factionalised the population largely, but not entirely, along sectarian religious and/or ethnic grounds. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights states that the war has claimed over 150,000 lives. One third of the country’s population of 23 million has been internally or externally displaced.
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President Barack Obama is close to authorizing a mission led by the U.S. military to train moderate Syrian rebels to fight the regime of Bashar al-Assad and al Qaida-linked groups, U.S. officials say. – The Wall Street Journal.
Presidential elections will be held in Syria on 3 June 2014. It will be the first multi-candidate election in the country’s history. Voting for refugees in certain foreign countries has already begun, while the foreign Syrian opposition is expected to boycott the election.






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