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Polling will be held only in government controlled territory, excluding large areas held by rebels, and refugees who fled through unofficial crossings are barred from voting.
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Several local residents professed ignorance when asked about the candidates standing against him, including 55 year old housewife Mayada, who said she was backing Assad.
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The campaigning begins just days after Assad’s government claimed a symbolic victory in the central city of Homs, where it retook the Old City after a deal granting rebels there safe passage out.
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