Syria held an election during its war.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim 'Syria held an election during its war' is supported by multiple sources: Syria held presidential elections in June 2014 and May 2021, and parliamentary elections in July 2020, all while the civil war was ongoing (Reuters, BBC, CNN, AP, Reuters 2020).
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… Um, this, this, uh, Zelensky is never going to put himself in front of elections. They'd be rigged anyway, but, you know, I don't think he's, he's dumb enough to do that. Um, my God, the Americans had an election right in the middle of the Civil War. The Syrians did it during their war. It's not, you know, the problem is he has no, he has no support in the nationalist population, let alone anyone else. …
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Supports. Syria held a presidential election on 3 June 2014 while a civil war was raging, and Assad was declared winner with 88.7% of the vote.[1][3][4]
Supports. AP reported that the 2021 presidential vote was held in war-torn Syria during the country's 10-year conflict, the second election held during the conflict.[2]
Supports. Syria held a parliamentary election in July 2020, nearly a decade into the war, described by Reuters as the third such election since the conflict erupted in 2011.[5]
Context. Opposition groups, Western countries and critics described these elections as shams or rigged, and the vote took place only in government-controlled areas; this bears on the election's legitimacy, not on whether an election was held.[3][4][6][7][8]
Context. The post's own passage refers to the Americans' election during the Civil War and the Syrians doing it during their war; the extracted claim matches that framing without adding figures or scope.
Sources
8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated, 1 tier 1
- 1Assad wins Syria election with 88.7 percent of votes: speakerreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2In war-torn Syria, Assad makes bid for 4th presidential termapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Syrian President al-Assad re-elected, state media reports | CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Assad re-elected in wartime electionaljazeera.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Syria goes to the polls as new sanctions hit war-ravaged economythestar.com.my · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Syria's presidential poll stifles hopes for change - BBC Newsbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 7Syrian Presidential Elections: Final Blow to Genevastudies.aljazeera.net · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Syria’s Phony Election: False Numbers and Real Victorycarnegieendowment.org · not rated · cited for: context
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