Hundreds of thousands of Syrians throng the main square in Damascus, Thursday, May 24, 2007, chanting their support for Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is about to start his second seven-year term. The rally is one of several that have been held across Syria since the people's 250-seat parliament unanimously nominated Assad for a new second term. Syria will go Sunday, May 27, to the polling stations in a national referendum, endorsing the re-election of the 42-year-old Assad, who is the sole candidate and whose victory is a foregone conclusion. Assad's pictures hang from the buildings around the square. (AP Photo Bassem Tellawi).
Syrians March to Support President
(AP) Hundreds of thousands of Syrians thronged the capital Thursday to support a second seven-year term for President Bashar Assad.
The rally came ahead of a referendum Sunday when voters are expected to approve a second mandate for Assad, who succeeded his father, Hafez Assad, in 2000 at the helm of Syria's autocratic regime. There are no other candidates. (contd. in newsvine.com)
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