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| Syrians vote in Kurdish-held northern region |
| 2017-09-23 |
| [Al Jazeera] Syrians have voted in an election organised by the Kurdish-led authorities of northern Syria, the start of a three-phase process to set up new governing institutions that aim to shore up regional autonomy. "Today comes as a historical day for us. The people are choosing their way of life, politics, economy," Renas Ahmed, 25, said on Friday. He was among dozens of people casting their vote for the local community representatives being elected. Voters were picking leaders for some 3,700 "communes" spread across three regions of the north where Kurdish groups have established autonomous rule since 2011, when Syria's civil war erupted. Friday's poll will be followed in November by votes for local councils polls and culminate in January with the election of an assembly that will act as a parliament for a federal system of government in northern Syria. |
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