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U.S.-backed Kurdish region opt out of first local elections in Syria since 2011
DAMASCUS, SYRIA—Syria held its first municipal elections since 2011 on Sunday, amid tensions with the country’s self-administered Kurdish region, which refused to allow polls. In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians cast their votes at a polling station during municipal elections, in Damascus, Syria, Sept 16. Syria is holding its first municipal elections since 2011 amid tensions with the country's self-administered Kurdish region, which is refusing to allow polls. The Baath party, which has controlled Syria’s political and security apparatuses since the 1960s, was expected to sweep the elections. The administration held local elections in 2017.
Source: thestar September 16, 2018 17:15 UTC
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