Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to run for re-election ANI | Updated: Apr 22, 2021 11:15 IST
Damascus [Syria], April 22 (ANI): The incumbent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday decided to run for the fourth term after Hammouda Sabbagh, the Speaker of Syria s Parliament, announced the date of the presidential election as May 26.
After the official call, two men, Abdullah Salloum Abdullah and Mohammad Firas Yasin Rajjouh, as well as Faten Ali Nahar, a 50-year-old lawyer and the first female presidential candidate in Syria s history, joined the list of candidates. On Wednesday, Mohanad Nadim Shaaban and Mohammad Muwaffaq Sawwan announced their runs, reported DW News Agency.
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