Syria to hold presidential elections on May 26 - parliament
This year is the 10th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters which triggered a civil war that has left much of Syria in ruins.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addresses the government committee that oversees measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Damascus, Syria(photo credit: SANA/REUTERS)ByREUTERSUpdated: