Syria: Bashar Al-Assad Wins Presidential Election With 95.1% Of Votes

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office by garnering 95.1 percent of the votes in the nationwide election.

Head of Syria’s parliament Hammouda Sabbagh announced the results at a news conference on Thursday night, saying the voter turnout was around 78%, with more than 14.23 million Syrians taking...