The status quo in Syria remains - Assad wins the elections

The party of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unsurprisingly won a large majority in parliamentary elections in the country.
The vote took place on Wednesday, but official results became clear today.
200 candidates of the bloc "National Unity", part of which is the Baas Party were elected to the 250-member unicameral parliament, said the Central Election Commission.
Turnout was 57.66 percent.
Protesters controlled by the regime territories, however shouting "Down with Assad" and "Get out, Assad."
5.08 million Syrians went to the polls in a total of 8.83 million potential
voters in the country devastated by five years of civil war.
The population of Syria before the outbreak of the conflict numbered 23 million. 13.5 million of them are affected by war in one way or another, according to UN data.