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Presidential elections were held in Syria on 3 June 2014. It was the first multi-candidate election in decades since the Ba'ath party came to power in a coup. As a result of the ongoing Syrian Civil War, Syria has the largest refugee population in the world, and voting for refugees in certain foreign countries began at Syrian embassies several days before voting took place in Syria itself.〔 Domestic and foreign-based Syrian opposition groups boycotted the election,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Assad's Win Is Assured, but Limits Are Exposed )〕 and the vote did not take place in large parts of Syria under rebel control.〔(Iran Guards commander killed in Syria: reports )〕 The areas under Kurdish militia control also did not allow voting, though some people still traveled to Assad regime held areas to vote. The Gulf Cooperation Council, the European Union and the United States dismissed the election as illegitimate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Arab League criticizes Syrian election plan )〕〔(GCC slams Syrian elections as ‘farce’ )〕 Attempts to hold an election under the circumstances of an ongoing civil war were criticized by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon,〔 and it was widely reported that the elections lacked independent election monitoring.〔 An international delegation led by allies of Assad from more than 30 countries including Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, India, Iran, Iraq, Nicaragua, Russia, South Africa and Venezuela issued a statement claiming the election was "free, fair and transparent". Some rebel groups vowed to disrupt the elections in any way possible, including bombing and shelling polling stations and government-controlled areas. Another statement, issued by the Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union, the Sham Corps, the Army of Mujahedeen, and the Islamic Front, said they would not "target voters but warned people to stay at home in case the Syrian government did". There were 50 reported deaths from the shelling by the rebels. ==Background== Since 2011, the country has been plagued by the Syrian Civil War that has factionalised the population largely, but not entirely, along sectarian religious and/or ethnic grounds. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights states that the war has claimed over 150,000 lives. One third of the country's population of 23 million (some 7 million) have been displaced, with 2.5 million as refugees in foreign countries. The Washington Post said that the election "lacked any independent election monitoring". United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that amid the ongoing Syrian Civil War and large-scale displacement of Syrian citizens, "such elections are incompatible with the letter and spirit of the Geneva communique" and would "damage prospects of a political solution with the opposition". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Syrian presidential election, 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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