Damascus (IP) - The Supreme Constitutional Court announced Monday that three candidacy applications for running president are accepted, and the rest are rejected for not meeting the constitutional and legal conditions.

Iran PressMiddle East: Head of the Court Mohammad Jihad al-Lahham, in a press conference on Monday, said that the Court decided in its initial declaration to accept the candidacy applications of Abdullah Salloum Abdullah, Bashar Hafez al-Assad, and Mahmoud Ahmad Mar’ai to run for president and to reject the rest of applications for not meeting the constitutional and legal conditions.

Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Assad submitted applications to run for president in Syria's upcoming elections in April.

Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hammoudeh Sabbagh on 21 April announced that the People’s Assembly received notices from the Supreme Constitutional Court that Bashar Hafez al-Assad submitted applications to run for president.

The Syrian Presidential Elections will be held on 26 May 2021.

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