Syrian President to run for a re-election, says the Parliament Speaker

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AMMAN, 21 April, 2021 (TON): On Wednesday, the Parliament Speaker said that the Syrian President Bashar Assad submitted documents for the third term run in 26 May election.

On Sunday, the parliament announced the election date.

Washington and the Syrian opposition have denounced it as a farce designed to cement Assad’s authoritarian rule.

However, this is the10th anniversary of a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters which triggered a civil war that has left much of Syria in ruins. Besides, multi-sided conflict has sucked in world powers, killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions more, but is now nearing its end with Assad, supported by Russian and Iranian allies, back in control of most of the country.



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