DAMASCUS: The presidential election is underway in Syria on Tuesday while it is likely that the incumbent president Bashar al-Assad will win another seven year term.
The Syrian people began casting their votes at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) at about 9,600 polling stations set up in government-held areas.
The incumbent president is facing Maher Abdel Hafiz Hajjar, a lawmaker from Aleppo, as well as Hassan Abdallah al-Nuri, a legislator from Damascus in the presidential race.
