By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians thronged the main square of the capital on Thursday to support a second seven-year term for President Bashar Assad.
The rally of more 300,000 came ahead of a referendum on Sunday when voters are expected to approve a second mandate for Assad, who succeeded his farther Hafez Assad in 2000 at the helm of Syria's autocratic regime. There are no other candidates.
The demonstration was headed by a number of Syrian officials and ministers.
It was one of several rallies held across Syria since parliament, dominated by the ruling Baath Party, unanimously nominated 41-year-old Assad for a second term.
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