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Syria had presidential election a couple of days ago. Turnout was 78%.
Results:
1. Bashar Assad 95.1% - Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party - Syria Region
2. Mahmoud Ahmad Marei 3,1% - Democratic Arab Socialist Union
3. Abdullah Sallum Abdullah 1,5% - Socialist Unionist Party

It seems the parties themselves are pretty similar, all revolve around Arab socialism and Arab nationalism.
I dunno how much this can be called a free election, but who else is in the country to offer an alternative?
In some countries Syrian expats/refugees/migrants/whoevers could vote via the present Embassies, in other countries these Embassies were closed some time ago, so no voting there. I think it's safe to Assume that those countries don't have Embassies anymore which took in large amount of Syrians since 2015.