Tuesday, May 13, 2014

'If Syria's presidential election were free & fair, Bashar Al Assad would still win'

"... But the dirty secret in Syria today is that, if the presidential election were free and fair, Bashar Al Assad would still win....
Yet even the opposition inside the country conceded that, were there a free vote, Mr Al Assad would still have won. The regime was popular – not 97 per cent popular, but popular enough for a majority..."

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