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Several days before the May 26 kickoff of presidential voting in Syria, incumbent Bashar al-Assad and his government have been proclaiming the integrity of an election that handed him a fourth seven-year-term and a second electoral victory during a decade of civil war. The Assad family has ruled Syria for 51 years. Bashar Assad came to power in 2000 following the death of his father, Hafez Assad. Rights groups, along with U.S. and European Union officials and the Syrian political opposition, say the election was a sham. That hasn’t stopped Assad’s allies in Russia from trying to create the illusion of authenticity with one-sided news coverage and social media posts. Syrian President Bashar Assad wins re-election with 95.1% of votes
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