1) The Syrian parliament received nomination requests for the upcoming presidential elections from 4 candidates, including the incumbent Bashar al-Assad. 2) Fighting continued in various areas, with the FSA claiming control of buildings in Aleppo and Nawa while clashes occurred between ISIL and YPG forces in al-Qahtanyya. 3) Opposition figures criticized the legitimacy of the presidential elections and vowed protests, while the head of the interim opposition government said meetings in Saudi Arabia were positive and more support for the revolution was discussed.

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Toama… “Meetings
in Saudi Arabia
positive”
“Desert storms” starts in Qalamoun
New presidential candidates
FSA claims control
on Aleppo Justice
Palace
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Luaay Hussein
… Elections il-
legitimate…
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Al-Shaqfa… “Syrian
Presidential elec-
tions absurd”

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Head of the Syrian Parlia-
ment, Muhammad Jihad Al-
laham announced that the
parliament received from
the supreme Constitutional
Court nominating requests
for presidential elections
by Ahmad Maalla, Sawsan
Omar Haddad, Mouham-
mad Feras Rajjouh and Ab-
dul Slalam Youssef Salama.
New presidential candidates
FSA claims control on Aleppo Justice Palace
“Desert storms” starts in Qalamoun
Reports are conflicting
about seizing on the Justice
Palace near Air Force Intel-
ligence branch in al-Zahraa
association neighborhood
in Aleppo. While the gov-
ernment sources say that
the Syrian Army recaptured
the Justice Palace building,
the opposition announced it
has controlled it after fierce
battles with the Syrian
Army for many days. Op-
position fighters discovered
a mass grave inside includ-
ing corpses of many people
after they have controlled
on the building, activists
said. On the other hand,
Syrian warplanes shelled
A statement of “al-Rahman
Legion” said that it car-
ried out the first phase of
the “Desert Storms” in Qa-
lamoun -Damascus coun-
tryside in cooperation with
brigades and battalions of
Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo,
which resulted in blocking
Damascus-Bagdad High-
way, controlling on al-Jar-
wa detachment, dropping a
the surroundings of the Air
Foce Intelligence branch by
vacuum bombs after armed
opposition has controlled
on the Justice Palace, and
bombed also Hanano resi-
dential blocks and al-Haid-
aria neighborhoods. Mean-
while the Syrian Army
advanced at Sheikh Saeed
and al-Aameryya in Alep-
po. It also controlled on al-
Matahen between Sheikh
Zeyyad and al-Taana on the
Sheikh Najjar road.
“Sukhoi” warplane near al-
Dmier airport, attacking al-
Dmier airport by Grad mis-
siles, and controlling on a
warehouse in the region. In
the second phase of the bat-
tle, a battalion of al-Islam
Army joined the two for-
mations and controlled on
“Strela” Battalion; Russian-
manufactured anti-aircraft
missiles.

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Al-Shaqfa… “Syrian Presi-
dentialelectionsabsurd”
Luaay Hussein … Elections
illegitimate…
“Nawa” held by opposition
(ISIL)- (YPG) battles at al-Qahtanyya
countryside
Toama… “Meetings in Saudi Arabia positive”
Mohammed Riadal-Shaqfa,
supreme guide of the Muslim
Brother hood in Syria, said that
the international community
carelessly watches the situation
inside Syria, wishing the con-
flict to continue for more devas-
tation of infrastructure and the
Syrian Community in favor for
the Israeli project.Shaqfa con-
sidered the Syrian presidential
elections as absurd and worth-
less, but will increase the deter-
mination of the Syrian people
for change, noting that uniting
the factions of the Syrian oppo-
sition is a prelude of victory.
The FSA controlled on a Syr-
ian army- battalion in Tal
Khazna near Nawa town in
Daraa after the army`s with-
drawal.Activistssaidthatthey
shot down a warplane in the
town. In the same context, the
FSA controlled on al-Masra
and Tal al-Jabya in Nawa af-
ter fierce clashes, thus Rafid-
Nawa road became under
Clashes between ISIL and
the Democratic Union party
fighters (YPG) took place
near “Lazaqa” village at
Syrian senior opponent, Louay
Hussein said the Baath Party in
Syria is a nominal, one of its
roles is to nominate its secretary
general Bashar al-Assad for the
elections, and I think thatAssad
does not want to marginalize
the Baath Party, so he would be
its candidate. Hussein stressed
that these elections are illegal.
Head of the Syrian interim
government, Ahmad Toama
stressed on the importance of
the outcomes of the meetings
the coalition delegation held
with the Saudi crown prince,
Salman Abul Aziz, and the
Foreign Minister Saaud al-
Faisal. Toama pointed out that
all meetings were positive at
all political standards, espe-
cially at the level of supporting
the Syrian revolution. He also
noted that any talk of holding
a new round of “Geneva 3”
and new negotiations must be
their control, coincided with
continuous battles between
both parties at the southern
parts of Tal al-Jabya.
al-Qahtanyya countryside.
Three (YPG) fighters were
killed and others injured be-
fore they withdrew to “Mu-
hammad Thyab” village.
Meanwhile (ISIL) controlled
on “Abu Faraa” village, de-
ployed fighter there, and
brought reinforcement from
“Tal Hmis” town.
based on improving the situa-
tion on the ground and change
the balance of power. Toama
also considered that the talk
now about the presidential
election is merely a ridiculous
and immoral work, stressing
that the Syrians haven’t ever
counted on or dealt seriously
with such plays.

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Jordan prevents Abu Hatab to enter…
Opposition in Austria prepare for mass demonstrations
Badran Farwati, a member of
the Syrian Opposition Coor-
dination in Austria, said that
the Opposition in Austria
prepares for a mass demon-
stration in front of the Syrian
Embassy in Vienna in a pro-
test against the alleged presi-
dential elections in Syrian
next June 3. Farwati said that
a symbolic embassy for the
Syrian opposition was estab-
lished in Austria entitled ‘the
Syrian People Embassy” near
the regime’s embassy. He
pointed out that the opposition
in Austria is communicating
with the Syrian communities
in European countries to car-
ry out similar demonstrations.
Opposition sources were in-
formed that the Jordanian
authorities detained and pre-
vented a coalition member,
Jawad Abu-Hatab, last Fri-
day from entering Jordan, at
Queen Alia international air-
port. Abu Hatab was asked to
leave the country on the first
plane to Istanbul, Turkey.
Abu-Hatab has returned to
Istanbul after 24 hours of de-
tention.It’s noteworthy that
he has been in Jordan for a
long period and run one of
the most important hospitals
that provide free treatment
for Syrians.