The document summarizes recent news from Syria: 1) The European Union rejected the recent Syrian elections as illegitimate and said they undermine political negotiations to resolve the conflict, while leaders of seven countries condemned the elections as fake. 2) Fighting continued between ISIL and the Shura Council in Deir ez-Zor province as both sides tried to take control of areas and lift the siege of Deir ez-Zor city. 3) A commander of the al-Mujahedeen army dismissed the Syrian presidential elections as an historical farce staged by Assad's regime to give themselves a new legitimacy.