Bashar Al-Assad has been re-elected in a landslide, officials said on Thursday, ushering in a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country, following an election described as illegitimate and a sham by
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During a press conference devoted to the evaluation of the first week of the electoral campaign, Mr. Charfi stressed: “that no overrun was recorded during the first week of the electoral campaign,
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The elections that took place in Syria on May 26 met none of the criteria of “a genuinely democratic vote”, the European Union’s High Representative, Josep Borrell, said on Thursday. The official
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Syrians in government-controlled areas of the war-torn country went to the polls early Wednesday to vote in presidential elections that are set to give Bashar al-Assad a fourth seven-year term. This vote
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The Ethiopian general election will take place on June 21st, according to a press conference by NEBE spokesperson Solyana Shimeles. The Ethiopia National Election Board (NEBE) announced that it had postponed the
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The Chairperson of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), Birtukan Mideksa, made a statement after a meeting with political party representatives, saying that the general election was postponed due to “problems
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On Saturday, Palestinian officials say that the Palestinian Authority (PA) had scheduled negotiations with groups to form a national unity government following the delay of elections. PA spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh informed
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Late on Friday, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh announced that the postponement of the scheduled Palestinian elections has no reliable justification. Haniyeh expressed in an interview that it was “unfortunate” that Palestinian President
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has suspended scheduled parliamentary elections coming this month amidst a dispute over voting in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem and rifts in his Fatah party. Abbas accused Israel of uncertainty
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On Wednesday, UN peace envoy Geir Pedersen criticized Syria’s coming presidential elections, saying a vote that will be prone to ‘legitimize’ Bashar Al Assad does not meet UN Security Council rules. Pedersen
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