In rebel-controlled parts of Syria there are no election posters or voting stations.<br/> <br />Towns in Aleppo province are portraits of destruction . Conversation is filled with anger and loss.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) 15-YEAR-OLD BOMB VICTIM MOHAMMED SAYING:<br/> <br />"These are traces of Assad's bombing; military air strikes."<br/> <br />Norway's TV2 visited the province in the days leading up to the election.<br/> <br />This man was out when a bomb hit. It killed 17 people. He survived but lost nearly his entire family.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) BOMB VICTIM AHMED SAWADI, 60, SAYING:<br/> <br />"There is nothing here, only families. We are all orphans. Everyone is civilian. Nothing else is left at all."<br/> <br />He speaks of the likely re-election of President Bashar al-Assad with contempt.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) BOMB VICTIM AHMED SAWADI, 60, SAYING:<br/> <br />"As to the election, how can a president wish to rule while he kills his people with air planes, rockets and tanks? "<br/> <br />There are signs of normalc
