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West condemns Syrian elections as neither 'free nor fair'
By EUobserver
The US, UK, France, Germany and Italy released a statement calling Syria's presidential elections on Wednesday as neither "free nor fair," Deutsche Welle reports. The Western nations claimed the elections were a fraud orchestrated by incumbent president Bashar Al-Assad. In order to run for president, candidates must be at least 40 years old and are barred from office if they are convicted of a crime.