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Syria: Bashar al-Assad embarks on the campaign after his military success in Homs
HuffPost Maghreb / AFP | Published: 5/11/2014 1:36 p.m. EST
The campaign for the presidential election of June 3, Bashar al-Assad should win without surprise, began Sunday in Syria, following a military success of the regime in Homs.
The poll, already denounced as a "farce" by the opposition and its allies will take place only in controlled by the regime, in a country ravaged by three years of bloody conflict territories.
This is theoretically the first presidential election since more than fifty years in Syria, Assad and his father Hafez, who ruled the country with an iron fist from 1970 to 2000, having been appointed after referendums.
Bashar al-Assad will face Maher al-Hajjar, an independent member longtime member of the Communist Party, and Hassan al-Nouri, one who was a member of opposition party tolerated by the authorities businessman.
Assad has placed his campaign under the slogan "Together", and launched a Facebook page, a Twitter account and an Instagram account. On his first mini-campaign video, the word "all" appears, hand-drawn on a white background which is then transformed into Syrian flag on which is affixed the signature of the President.
In downtown Damascus, under control of the system of dozens of signs, posters and banners depicting the huge national flag, bearing the slogan "Together", and signed by President Bashar al-Assad, have emerged.
"Bashar al-Assad, our only choice," could be read on other banners put up by one of the parties of the National Progressive Front (NPF led by the Baath ruling coalition)."Our Bashar we do not accept other president than you, we chose you, you have our loyalty," could also be read on placards or simply "We love you" as a portrait of M . Assad smiling.
In addition, several placards glorifying the candidate Hassan al-Nouri, a damascene businessman, appeared in the capital, calling for "the fight against corruption," the "economic multiparty" and "back of the class average. " State television also broadcast one of his campaign videos. regime gaining
The beginning of the campaign comes on the heels of a major victory of the scheme on the ground, with the recovery of most of Homs, the third largest city and the spearhead of the armed rebellion after the start of the popular revolt against triggered the plan in March 2011.
The army, which already controlled 80% of the city (center), was able to enter Friday in the former rebel stronghold. The insurgents no longer control the Waer neighborhood in Homs, and negotiations for their removal are ongoing.
Thousands of Syrian civilians returned Saturday in the ruins of the Old Town, trying to save what little remains of their destroyed two years of fierce fighting between rebels and soldiers homes.
This return was made possible by an agreement under which nearly 2,000 rebels bloodless were evacuated from besieged Homs Old and bombed almost daily by the regime's troops for more than 24 months.
According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH), the rebels handed over their heavy and medium weapons and took away their light weapons.
The conflict between rebels and regime in Syria killed more than 150,000 dead, 6.5 million displaced and some 2.6 million refugees since March 2011.
Also in Jordan, air force destroyed Saturday two vehicles trying to enter the territory of the kingdom from Syria with "a large amount of contraband," according to the government press.
April 16, Jordan had already used its air force to the Syrian border to fight against infiltration on its territory.
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HuffPost Maghreb / AFP | Published: 5/11/2014 1:36 p.m. EST
The campaign for the presidential election of June 3, Bashar al-Assad should win without surprise, began Sunday in Syria, following a military success of the regime in Homs.
The poll, already denounced as a "farce" by the opposition and its allies will take place only in controlled by the regime, in a country ravaged by three years of bloody conflict territories.
This is theoretically the first presidential election since more than fifty years in Syria, Assad and his father Hafez, who ruled the country with an iron fist from 1970 to 2000, having been appointed after referendums.
Bashar al-Assad will face Maher al-Hajjar, an independent member longtime member of the Communist Party, and Hassan al-Nouri, one who was a member of opposition party tolerated by the authorities businessman.
Assad has placed his campaign under the slogan "Together", and launched a Facebook page, a Twitter account and an Instagram account. On his first mini-campaign video, the word "all" appears, hand-drawn on a white background which is then transformed into Syrian flag on which is affixed the signature of the President.
In downtown Damascus, under control of the system of dozens of signs, posters and banners depicting the huge national flag, bearing the slogan "Together", and signed by President Bashar al-Assad, have emerged.
"Bashar al-Assad, our only choice," could be read on other banners put up by one of the parties of the National Progressive Front (NPF led by the Baath ruling coalition)."Our Bashar we do not accept other president than you, we chose you, you have our loyalty," could also be read on placards or simply "We love you" as a portrait of M . Assad smiling.
In addition, several placards glorifying the candidate Hassan al-Nouri, a damascene businessman, appeared in the capital, calling for "the fight against corruption," the "economic multiparty" and "back of the class average. " State television also broadcast one of his campaign videos. regime gaining
The beginning of the campaign comes on the heels of a major victory of the scheme on the ground, with the recovery of most of Homs, the third largest city and the spearhead of the armed rebellion after the start of the popular revolt against triggered the plan in March 2011.
The army, which already controlled 80% of the city (center), was able to enter Friday in the former rebel stronghold. The insurgents no longer control the Waer neighborhood in Homs, and negotiations for their removal are ongoing.
Thousands of Syrian civilians returned Saturday in the ruins of the Old Town, trying to save what little remains of their destroyed two years of fierce fighting between rebels and soldiers homes.
This return was made possible by an agreement under which nearly 2,000 rebels bloodless were evacuated from besieged Homs Old and bombed almost daily by the regime's troops for more than 24 months.
According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH), the rebels handed over their heavy and medium weapons and took away their light weapons.
The conflict between rebels and regime in Syria killed more than 150,000 dead, 6.5 million displaced and some 2.6 million refugees since March 2011.
Also in Jordan, air force destroyed Saturday two vehicles trying to enter the territory of the kingdom from Syria with "a large amount of contraband," according to the government press.
April 16, Jordan had already used its air force to the Syrian border to fight against infiltration on its territory.
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