Syria's
Assad Will Run for
President in June
It was never really in doubt, but **w it's official.
Syria's current president, Bashar al-Assad, an**unced on Monday that he
Will be a candidate in the
June 3 presidential elections.
Assad submitted his **mination to
Syria's constitutional court, according to
Reuters. Ever since the Syrian parliament
an**unced the official date for the elections a week ago, experts expected
Assad to seek re-election, but he waited a week to an**unce his candidacy
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"We are living in an atmosphere of elections which Syria is holding for the first time in its modern history,"
Assad was quoted as saying by the state-run TV, according to
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