Syria’s higher constitutional court on Monday approved President Bashar al-Assad’s application to run in the presidential election scheduled for May 26.
The court also approved two other candidates, Abdallah Saloum Abdallah and Mahmoud Ahmed Marei.
Syrian President Assad to run for re-election in May
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