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Source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/04/bashar-al-assad-winds-reelection-in-landslide-victory
Bashar al-Assad Wins Re-election in Syria
(AP-Guardian-UK) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected in an 88.7% landslide, officials said on Wednesday, capturing another seven-year term in the middle of a bloody three-year-old uprising against his rule that has devastated the country. The supreme constitutional court put turnout at 73%. After the results were released, Damascus erupted into a thunderous, rolling clap of celebratory gunfire that appeared to include heavy weaponry. A delegation of officials from more than 30 countries, including legislators and dignitaries from Iran, Russia and Venezuela, toured polling stations on Tuesday and declared Syria's presidential election as transparent and free.