DHAKA: Despite a brutal civil war that has killed more than 1,50,000 people, Syria will hold presidential elections on June 3, the country’s parliamentary speaker said on Monday, reports Al Arabiya News.
It says that ‘elections for the president of the Syrian Arab Republic for Syrians resident in the country will be held on June 3 from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, Mohammad al-Lahham said during a special session of parliament the day same’.
BDST: 1615 HRS, APR 21, 2014
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