Syria's divided rebels and their foreign backers have been watching in disbelief as the regime gears up for an
election to give Bashar al-Assad a**ther presidential mandate despite their uprising. The vote, which the Damascus regime can hold only in territory it controls and embassies abroad, signals confidence by
Assad and his allies that they will win the war. I just can't believe it's going to happen," sighed Thaer, an activist from Homs city, once k**wn as "the capital of the revolution". **w, he says, the
election is a new signal that Syria's revolt has escalated into a proxy war, "in which the Syrian people are paying the highest price." A rebel commander in Damascus province agreed.
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