Syrian expats in Sydney vote for Assad

Syrian expatriates supporting president Bashar al-Assad hold a symbolic election in Sydney due to the closure of the Syrian embassy in Australia.

On Sunday, a group of Syrian expats in Australia expressed support for incumbent President Bashar al-Assad who is seeking re-election.

The crowd held banners and placards in support of Assad.

They also signed a pro-Assad petition which will be sent to the High Constitutional Court of Syria.

The expatriates also symbolically voted for their preferred president. Syrian people will go to the polls on June 3 to choose their president amid violence that has ravaged their country for more than three years.

This is while, Syrian expats are deprived of their right to vote in some countries like Australia since the Syrian Embassy there has been forced to close down since 2012.

With just two days left to the historic presidential poll in Syria, the world’s attention is focused on the Arab nation.

Syria has announced that it will hold the presidential election on June 3.

Most Syrians are in hope of finding a democratic solution through the ballot boxes to resolve the three-year conflict.

Meanwhile, about 95 percent of Syrian expatriates have taken part in the presidential election as the country gets ready for the vote inside Syria.

The country’s electoral commission made the announcement on Saturday as preparations were underway to make the vote a success.

Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since March 2011. Over 160,000 people have reportedly been killed and millions displaced due to the violence fueled by the foreign-backed militants.

According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies — especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey — are supporting the militants operating inside Syria.