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Assessment of Syrian Diaspora Voting in the 2021 Presidential Election

The decade-long conflict in Syria is not a conducive environment for credible elections. Irrespective of the conditions, however, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ (IFES) assessment of the Syrian legal framework, electoral administration and operations illustrates the ways in which the 2020 legislative election and the 2021 presidential election – including diaspora voting – fell short of meeting multiple international standards.