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Hundreds are expected to sign petitions backing al-Assad at rallies in major cities, in absence of polling stations May 30, 2014, the Guardian Australians backing Bashar al-Assad in the upcoming Syrian presidential elections are staging rallies across the country to help expats register their support. Hundreds are expected to sign …

May 30, 2014, Rick Sterling, Counter Punch The Presidential Election in Syria takes place next Tuesday, June 3.   With a revised 2012 Constitution,  Syria is no longer a one party state and there are multiple candidates for office. Running against Bashar al Asad are former communist and legislator Maher al …

May 30, 2014, Haaretz The U.S. State Department on Friday confirmed that an American citizen carried out a suicide bombing in Syria. The bomber, who called himself Abu Hurayra al-Amriki, carried out one of four suicide bombings on May 25 in Syria’s Idlib province on behalf of Jabhat al-Nusra, Al-Qaida’s …

May 30, 2014 Syria’s friend (Turkey) depriving Syrians from their share of Euphrates water for two weeks now.

  May 30, 2014, Press TV Militants from terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have kidnapped nearly 200 Kurdish civilians from an area in Syria’s northwestern province of Aleppo. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday that ISIL members abducted at least 193 …

May 31, 2014, Press TV [CLICK ON LINK IF VIDEO DOES NOT LOAD] Foreign-backed Takfiri militants operating in Syria are selling oil to Turkey to finance their attacks against the Syrian government, an analyst tells Press TV.  “They (the militants) are getting a lot of revenues from oil. They are …

May 30, 2014, Counter Punch Jewish Quarter, the Old City, Damascus It’s always encouraging when one comes upon inspiring human phenomena here in Syria or elsewhere that refute the familiar and worn shibboleths and cliches about how this or that group or religion hates others and won’t cease targeting them …

May 30, 2014, Press TV Fresh attacks by foreign-backed militants in Syria have left at least two civilians dead, including a four-year-old child. This comes after the militants fired mortar shells at a residential area in the Damascus countryside on Firday. Authorities say the attack on Danoun Camp also injured …

May 30, 2014, Press TV [click on link if video does not load]Newly-released video footage shows al-Qaeda-affiliated militants executing a teenager for alleged robbery in eastern Syria as foreign-backed Takfiri groups continue their atrocities against Syrians. The video, recently surfaced on the Internet, shows militants belonging to the terrorist Islamic …

May 30, 2014, Press TV Syrians continue to hold support rallies on an almost daily basis on the eve of the country’s first multi-candidate presidential election. In the western city of Idlib, students took to the streets and voiced their support for incumbent President Bashar al-Assad on Friday. The demonstrators …