Syrian presidential election

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected for a fourth seven-year term in a presidential election on Wednesday dismissed by the opposition as a sham, news wires reported. Al-Assad won 95.1% of the valid votes, head of the Syrian parliament Hamoud Sabagh said. Some 78.6% of eligible voters cast ballots inside and outside Syria, Sabagh added at a press conference in Damascus.

 Syrians on Wednesday morning headed for the polling stations to cast their votes and choose the president of the Syrian Arab Republic from among three candidates: Abdullah Abdullah, Bashar al-Assad and Mahmoud Mar'ai, while determined to achieve the success of this entitlement which is a sovereign national entitlement.

An Orthodox Church delegation including Patriarch Irinej and the Montenegrin bishop Amfilohije met Bashar al-Assad on Monday evening, with the Serbian religious leader and the Syrian president exchanging warm words over Serbia's stance on Kosovo and the ongoing conflict in Syria.

The presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Muharrem İnce, said he remained indifferent toward Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while adding that the Turkish government should not act in anger against him.

Talks aimed at ending the war in Syria restarted on Nov. 28 with the Damascus regime enforcing its will, warning the United Nations it would not tolerate any discussion of President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster from power.  

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to talk about the need to move from military operations to the search for a political solution to Syria's conflict, the Kremlin said on Nov. 21.

Syrian President Bashar Assad met in his palace in Damascus, the national football team, which did not get to qualify for the World Cup 2018.

The team was a step from the becoming part of the World Cup, but a 1:2 loss against Australia in the second  match between the two teams deprived them of the dream of a first World Cup.

Representatives of Syrian President Bashar Assad must take full part in the inclusive discussions on Syrian post-war establishment. This was stated on Thursday by French President Emmanuel Macron after his meeting in Paris with his American counterpart, Donald Trump.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has issued "an ultimatum to Russia," AP is reporting.

Namely, Washington wants Moscow to "side" with the US and its allies - or "embrace" Iran, Hezbollah, and Syrian President Bashar Assad.

All American cruise missiles "Tomahawk" fired at the military airport in the Syrian province of Homs, have plagued their assigned targets, said at a briefing for journalists the spokesman of the White House. "All 59 rockets have plagued their goals," he said.