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Amid Syria conflict, tiny village holds election

Even as conflict rages across much of Syria, the residents of this rebel-held village in Jabal al-Zawiyah are preparing for a post-Bashar al-Assad future by holding their first free local elections. At a school in Maar Zeita converted into an improvised polling station, the names of 21 candidates.