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Al-Assad sworn in as Syria’s president for third term

Bashar al-Assad has been sworn in for a new seven-year term as president of Syria after an election victory that underlined his grip on power more than three years into

Syria holds election amid violence

In the midst of a bloody and protracted civil war, the Syrian government is set to hold a presidential election Tuesday. The outcome is hardly in doubt: President Bashar al-Assad

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