Syria minister predicts Assad would be re-elected
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Syria's information minister says that ordinary citizens will urge President Bashar Assad to seek re-election next July, and that he would win the vote.
Omran al-Zoubi says the decision to run again for the nation's highest office however would be for the president himself to decide.
Zoubi's Tuesday comments at a Damascus press conference are the latest in a series of hints by Syrian officials that Assad may seek re-election.
Syria is embroiled in a civil war that began three years ago as an uprising against Assad's rule.
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An international conference is expected to be held on Jan. 22 to try resolve the Syria conflict.
Zoubi said any decisions taken by officials at the conference would be put to a referendum in Syria.