BEIRUT (AP) — A woman from the capital Damascus has applied to run for president of Syria. That’s according to the country’s parliament speaker Tuesday. Faten Ali Nahar’s candidacy makes her the first female to make a bid for the country’s top job. The largely symbolic election is certain to be won by President Bashar Assad. Speaker Hammoud Sabbagh says Nahar is a 50-year-old resident of Damascus, but little is known about her. Assad is certain to run for a fourth seven-year term. The international community is unlikely to recognize the legitimacy of the vote, which is not in line with a U.N. resolution seeking to resolve the 10-year-old Syrian conflict.
First woman ever applies to run for president of Syria
