Candidates launch presidential campaign ahead of #Syrian_elections
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Campaigning began Sunday for #syria's June 3 presidential election expected to return #Bashar_al-Assad to power, as the regime marked a symbolic victory with the exit of rebels from Homs. In Damascus, campaign posters lauding Assad hung on shopping streets and in public gardens, in the run-up to the country’s first multi-candidate presidential vote. The election is being staged despite a raging civil war, with dozens of people dying across the country every day. read more