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FILE - In this May 12, 2014 file photo, campaign posters for the upcoming presidential election adorn a street in Damascus, Syria. On Monday April 26, 2021, the Paris-based Syrian Network for Human Rights called on the international community to reject presidential elections in the war-torn country scheduled for May, describing them as a sham because they will take place under President Bashar Assad, who is implicated in war crimes. Arabic on the poster, right, reads, &quot;Damascus spreads flowers for the loyal Bashar.&quot; The banner reads, &quot;Together with Bashar Assad.&quot; (AP Photo, File)

Syrian court accepts 3 candidates to run for president

By Associated Press

FILE - In this May 12, 2014 file photo, campaign posters for the upcoming presidential election adorn a street in Damascus, Syria. On Monday April 26, 2021, the Paris-based Syrian Network for Human Rights called on the international community to reject presidential elections in the war-torn country scheduled for May, describing them as a sham because they will take place under President Bashar Assad, who is implicated in war crimes. Arabic on the poster, right, reads, &quot;Damascus spreads flowers for the loyal Bashar.&quot; The banner reads, &quot;Together with Bashar Assad.&quot; (AP Photo, File)

Syria rights group urges world to reject presidential vote

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 13, 2016 file photo, a Syrian election official waits for voters at a polling station with posters of President Bashar Assad during the parliamentary election in Damascus, Syria. On Sunday, April 18, 2021, Syria’s parliament speaker announced that presidential elections in the war-ravaged country will be held May 26. The election is widely expected to give Assad a fourth seven-year term. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

In war-torn Syria, Assad makes bid for 4th presidential term

By Associated Press

FILE - In this March 21, 2011, file photo, a Syrian soldier steps out of the burned courthouse that was set on fire by anti-government protesters in the southern city of Daraa, Syria. In March 2011, Daraa became the first city to explode against the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Where Syria uprising began 10 years ago, dissent still rife

By BASSEM MROUE and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - This April 13, 2016 file photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian Presidency, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad casting his ballot in the parliamentary elections, as his wife Asma, left, stands next to him, in Damascus, Syria. The office of Syrian President Bashar Assad said Monday, March 8, 2021 that Assad and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus and are both doing well. In a statement, Assad’s office said the first couple did PCR tests after they felt minor symptoms consistent with the COVID-19 illness. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)

Syria president’s office: Assad, wife recovering from virus

By Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, file photo, Syrian army defectors, celebrate shortly after they defected and join the anti-Syrian regime protesters at Khaldiyeh area in Homs province, central Syria. Syrians are marking 10 years since peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad's government erupted in March 2011, touching off a popular uprising that quickly turned into a full-blown civil war. (AP Photo, File)

War’s timeline as Syrians mark 10 years since uprising began

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 16, 2018 file photo, Syrian authorities distribute bread, vegetables and pasta to residents in the town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. As Syria marks the 10th anniversary Monday, March 15, 2021, of the start of its uprising-turned-civil war, President Bashar Assad may still be in power, propped up by Russia and Iran. But millions of people are being pushed deeper into poverty, and a majority of households can hardly scrape together enough to secure their next meal. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

‘Republic of Queues’: 10 years on, Syria is a hungry nation

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 9, 2019 file photo, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan listens during a news conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Al Nahyan said Tuesday, March 9, 2021, that U.S. sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad have undermined efforts to bring a regional settlement to the Syrian conflict. In a joint press conference in Abu Dhabi with his Russian counterpart, Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said American economic pressure campaign makes joint cooperation difficult. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

UAE minister: US sanctions on Syria challenge rapprochement

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

This file photo released on July 19, 2020, on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and his wife Asma voting at a polling station in the parliamentary elections, in Damascus, Syria. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)

Syrian president, wife test positive for the coronavirus

By Associated Press

Russia and West clash over Syria chemical weapons sanctions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, March 21, 2018 file photo shows the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands. The global chemical weapons watchdog says that two investigations into alleged attacks in Syria in 2016 and 2018 couldn't establish that chemical weapons were used in either case. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons issued two reports Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 by its Fact-Finding Mission into attacks in Saraqib in the Idlib region on Aug. 1, 2016, and in Aleppo on Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Chemical weapons watchdog criticizes Syria over 19 issues

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 24, 2019 file photo, then Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks to reporters in Damascus, Syria. President Bashar Assad issued a decree on Sunday Nov. 22, 2020, naming Mekdad as the new foreign minister replacing Walid al-Moallem, a long time diplomat who held the post for more than a decade until he passed away last week. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Syria’s Assad names new FM to replace late diplomat

By Associated Press

In this March 26, 2000, file photo, U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, shakes hands with Syrian President Hafez Assad, at the opening of their meeting, in Geneva, Switzerland. On Nov. 13, 1970, Assad a young career air force officer launched a bloodless coup. Fifty years later, Hafez Assad’s family still rules Syria. The country is in ruins from a decade of civil war that killed around a half million people, displaced half the population and virtually wiped out the economy. But Hafez’s son, Bashar Assad, has an unquestioned grip on what remains. (AP Photo/Laurent Gillieron, File)

In ruins, Syria marks 50 years of Assad family rule

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, the Russian President's Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev virtually addresses the opening session of a two-day international conference organized by Russia on the return of refugees, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. The Syrian government is working to secure the return of millions of refugees who fled war in their country, but Western sanctions are hindering the work of state institutions, complicating those plans, President Bashar Assad said Wednesday. (SANA via AP)

Assad blames West for hindering return of refugees to Syria

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens to Syrian President Bashar Assad, right on screen, during their talks via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia’s Putin says time for Syrian refugees to return home

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press