Bashar al-Assad Elected President of SyriaBashar al-Assad has been elected president of Syria with 97.99 percent of the votes in a nationwide referendum, Interior Minister Mohammad Harba announced Tuesday.Bashar Assad is expected to be inaugurated on July 17 to succeed his father Hafez al-Assad who died of a heart attack on June 10. Bashar is the only candidate in a referendum held on Monday. |
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