Syria Sets Presidential Election Date

From MEI Editor's Blog Tue Apr 22 2014, 21:19:00

Yesterday Syria announced that it will hold Presidential elections on June 3. I am not making this up; Bashar al-Asad plans to hold elections in the midst of the Syrian civil war.

Bassam Haddad has an interview with NPR which you can listen to at Jadaliyya.

Meanwhile, this is making the rounds on social media:

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