
Syrian President Bashar Assad has put forward his candidacy for the presidential election scheduled for 26 May, Parliament Speaker Hammouda Sabbagh said on Wednesday. “The head of the People’s Council [the parliament] announced that the council was notified by the Supreme Constitutional Court of the registration of Bashar Hafez Assad’s ...

Syria will hold its presidential election on May 26, the country’s parliament said on Sunday. Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hammoudah Sabbagh announced the commencement of candidacy for Presidential elections, starting from Monday April 19. In his speech at the first session of the second extraordinary round of the People’s ...