High turnout in election conveyed strong message to enemies: Assad
The Syrian president said Syrians’ high turnout in the presidential election conveyed a strong message to scheme-devising enemies.
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The Syrian president said Syrians’ high turnout in the presidential election conveyed a strong message to scheme-devising enemies.
Iran’s President Rouhani says massive turnout of the Syrian people in the presidential election was an important step towards prosperity.
To a muted response from the rest of the world, and clearly, no surprise, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was "re-elected" to a fourth seven-year term on Thursday afternoon.
3 more materials "The elections were held without any violations. People came and voted," he said. According to the Syrian MP, "it is now clear that the majority expressed support for [incumbent President] Bashar al-Assad." "Everything went smoothly, apart from a few minor shooting incidents," Mustafa noted, commenting on holding the polls amid large crowds of voters at the polling stations. Three candidates were running for president: incumbent President Bashar al-Assad, former MP and Socialist Unionists Party candidate Abdullah Sallum Abdullah and internal opposition delegation member Mahmo...
President Bashar Assad has been reelected to a fourth term with over 95% of the votes cast, defeating two challengers – including a former senior official of a rebel coalition, Syrian authorities have announced.