Syria’s Assad officially submits application to run for president

DAMASCUS, April 21 (MENA) – Speaker of the Syrian People’s Assembly Hammoudeh Sabbagh announced that the legislative body received on Wednesday three notices from the Supreme Constitutional Court that incumbent President Bashar al-Assad, Mohanad Nadim Shaaban and Mohammad Muwaffaq Sawwan submitted applications to run for president, SANA reported.

The People’s Assembly also received three notices from the Supreme Constitutional Court over the past two days that Abdullah Salloum Abdullah, Mohammad Firas Yasin Rajjouh and Faten Ali Nahar, have submitted applications to run for president.