Syria's Assad Will Run for President in June

It was never really in doubt, but now it's official. Syria's current president, Bashar al-Assad, announced on Monday that he will be a candidate in the June 3 presidential elections.

Assad submitted his nomination to Syria's constitutional court, according to Reuters. Ever since the Syrian parliament announced the official date for the elections a week ago, experts expected Assad to seek re-election, but he waited a week to announce his candidacy

"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 news reports Read more...