Syrians in government-held areas were voting July 15 in their fourth parliamentary election since civil war erupted in 2011, a poll expected to keep President Bashar al-Assad’s ruling Baath party in power. The Baath party — in power since 1963 — and its secular left-wing and Arab nationalist allies are running virtually unopposed, with independents...

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