Syria's Assad to stand again for president

[rss]

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vUEsqOP.u6CjNBfYfwyXQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPIntEn/6d46730000f6cd846dc571dc7a49db053938b735.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-stand-again-president-102330592.html)Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has registered to run in next month's presidential vote, which is expected to return him to power despite the grinding conflict, the parliament speaker an**unced Monday. The election will be Syria's first multi-candidate presidential vote, after changes to the constitution. "I, citizen Bashar Hafez al-Assad, wish to present my candidacy for the post of president of the republic," the document said. "I call on all Syrian citizens to refrain from firing in the air in joy, whatever the occasion might be, especially as Syria will be having its first election in modern history."




أكثر... (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-stand-again-president-102330592.html)