The document summarizes recent news from Syria: 1) The elections in which Bashar al-Assad was re-elected President were described as illegitimate by Western countries and the EU, while an opposition commander called it a "historical farce." 2) Fighting continued between ISIL and opposition groups in Deir ez-Zor, as they battled for control of areas and supply lines. 3) The US discussed providing more sophisticated weapons to the opposition, but had doubts about the opposition's ability to control the weapons, believing they knew better where the weapons should go.

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Seven countries… Syrian elections fake
Al-Mujahedeen army. Assad’s nominating and winning part of comic game
Ashton: elections
offend political
efforts.
America’s weap-
ons not access to
coalition.
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PAGE 3Civilian Protection
Body refuses foreign
fighting on Syria.
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Al-Assad president of
Syrian Arab Republic for
new term..

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Ashton: elections offend political efforts
Seven countries… Syrian elections fake.
Al-Assad president of Syrian Arab Republic for new term.
Head of Syrian Parliament
Mohammad Jihad al-Laham
declared candidate Bashar
al-Assad won the post of
the Syrian Arab Republic’s
President for a new consti-
tutional term, having the
majority of participants’
votes with 10.319.723 votes
and 88.7% of the correct
votes, while candidate Dr.
hassan Nouri had 500,279
votes with a percentage
of 4.3%, whilst Mr. Ma-
her Abdul-Hafiz Hajjar got
372,301 with a percentage
European Union called
the Syrian government to
conduct political negotia-
tions to find a real solution
to the conflict, Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the Eu-
ropean Union, Catherine
Ashton, said that “the EU
considers the election il-
legitimate and offensive
of 3.2% .Al-Laham clari-
fied in a Press Conference
that number voters who
have the right to vote inside
and outside Syria Number
is 15.845.575, number of
voters inside and outside of
Syria is 11.634.412, which
is 73.42% of citizens eligi-
ble to vote, where number
of invalid ballots reached
442108, which is 3.8% of
valid ballots.
Leaders of the seven coun-
tries group described last
Syrian elections as false
one, demanding President
Bashar al-Assad to topple,
where the leaders said in
statement during a meet-
ing in Brussels, “we con-
demn the fake presidential
elections that took place in
3rd June , and Assad hasn’t
any future in Syria”, as-
serted on impossibility of
holding elections and con-
sidering it credible during
civil war.
and it is abusive to po-
litical efforts for finding
a solution to this terrible
conflict.”The Syrian gov-
ernment rejected the Ge-
neva Declaration to be the
basis for the transition po-
litical process and contin-
ued its military operation”,
she added.

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America’s weapons
not access to coalition.
Battles between ISIL and Shura carry on.
Al-Mujahedeen army. Assad’s nominating and
winning part of comic game.
Civilian Protection Body refuses foreign fighting
on Syria
Western diplomatic source
said that US discuss provid-
ing Syrian armed opposition
with sophisticated weapons
but it is convinced that polit-
ical opposition will not have
role in that for its inability
to control these weapons;
American military officials
also discuss alternatives
plans.The source said to
AKI Italian Agency that
Syrian opposition coalition
delegation’s meeting with
one of US military senior
supervised on arming was
failure, US military official
showed knowledge about
Syrian military situation on
ground more than the del-
egation, adding that official
said too the delegation that
the coalition don’t control
military battalions and forc-
es, and US knows where
qualitative weapons must
head to, where the weapons
won’t access through Syrian
opposition coalition.
Fierce battles continued in
Deir ez-Zor countryside
where Shura council, al-
Sharkia mujahedeen tries
to expel ISIL’s fighters and
control its regions, lifting
siege on Deir ez-Zor, while
severe clashes took place
on axis of al-Namila town
where no one of them cap-
tures the town which Shura
Council targets of control-
ling it to move to al-Twaim-
ia town, where that allows
cutting off ISIL’s supply
line.Battles also took place
in surrounding of al-Halabia
square and the entrance of
the town from Hasakah side,
while unconfirmed news
was said about ISIL’s recap-
turing of the square.
Commander of al-Mujahe-
deen army, Mohammad ab-
dulkader Bakkour said that,
“Presidential elections is a
“we refuse completely
the participation of foreign
fighters on Syrian lands,
stressing that recruitment
of foreign people just helps
ISIL fighters “, Civilian
Protection Body announced.
we thank all Syria’s friends
for their supporting , hoping
historical farce by Assad’s
regime as a try of him and
his allies to give themselves
and their supporters a new
impetus in their war by giv-
ing himself false legitimate,
clarifying that Assad’s nom-
ination and his winning is
a part of the game that will
purport himself and people
around him that he went out
a legitimate president by le-
gitimate elections”.
to cooperate with them in
active and transparent way”,
Body added.