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Syria’s limited Kurdish election exposes limits of Damascus’s democratic transition – analysis

by | May 25, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

Children hold signs on the day Syrian Kurds demonstrate to mark Kurdish Language Day, demanding constitutional recognition of the Kurdish language by the Syrian government, in Qamishli, Syria, May 14, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Syria had already held types of limited elections in other areas of Syria last year. However, areas outside government control did not hold a vote.

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