Syrian election candidate praises Assad's war on rebels, wants ties with West


  • World
  • Saturday, 17 May 2014

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - One of President Bashar al-Assad's two challengers in next month's election praised his military campaign against Islamist rebels but said Syria must do more to maintain ties with the West and rebuild its economy after three years of war.

Hassan al-Nouri said there was no difference between the three candidates over military strategy against Syrian rebels and their foreign Sunni Muslim backers in the ongoing conflict.

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