A Syrian woman casts her ballot as she votes in presidential election on June 3, 2014 at Bassel Al Assad school which was turned into a polling station in central Damascus. Louai Beshara/AFP Photo
A Syrian woman casts her ballot as she votes in presidential election on June 3, 2014 at Bassel Al Assad school which was turned into a polling station in central Damascus. Louai Beshara/AFP Photo
Mr Assad’s opponents – including rebel fighters, the political opposition in exile, Western powers and Gulf Arabs – have dismissed the election as a charade