A Syrian national living in Beirut holds a ballot paper with pictures of the three presidential candidates, (from L-R) Maher Abdul-Hafiz Hajjar, Hassan Abdallah al-Nouri and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, as she casts her vote ahead of the June 3 presidential election at the Syrian Embassy in Yarze, east of Beirut, Lebanon, May 28, 2014.
Syrians To Vote In Presidential Election -- BBC
Voting is due to get under way in Syria's presidential election amid heightened security.
The poll takes place three years into a civil war in which tens of thousands of people have died and millions more are displaced.
President Bashar al-Assad is widely expected to win a third seven-year term in office.
However, critics of the Syrian government have denounced the election as a sham.
Analysts say Syrian officials have gone to great lengths to present the vote as a way to resolve the crisis.
It is the first time in decades that more than one name has appeared on the ballot paper.
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More News On Syrians Going To The Polls On Tuesday
A nation divided: As Syria goes to the polls for an expected Assad landslide victory (as voting is only in the areas he holds) the bombs show no sign of ceasing -- Daily Mail
Assad Assured Another Term as Syrians Vote While Civil War Rages -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Syrians To Vote In 'Show Of Force' Election -- SKY News
Pressing for Big Syria Vote Turnout, Assad Backers Go Door-to-Door -- WSJ
In rebel-held Syria, no polls, no campaign – just bombs -- CSM
Losing Election Not an Option for Syrian President -- VOA
Syria presidential election: a stage-managed show of democracy by Assad -- Lina Sinjab and Ian Black, The Guardian
Syria's presidential election: How fair can a vote be in a war zone? -- Frederik Pleitgen, CNN
Syria elections: Outcome hardly in doubt in 'grotesque parody of democracy' -- Fred Pleitgen and Jethro Mullen, CNN
Bashar al-Assad’s ‘blood election’ -- Ahmad al-Jarba, Washington Post
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