Assad supporters are making noise in the streets.<br/> <br />They're celebrating Bashar al-Assad winning Syria's presidential election, and securing a third term in office.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MOHAMMAD AL-LAHAM, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I declare the victory of Dr Bashar Hafez al-Assad as president of the Syrian Arab Republic with an absolute majority of the votes cast in the election."<br/> <br />The parliamentary speaker said Assad secured 88.7 percent of the votes.<br/> <br />This, as new amateur video emerges... purporting to show children carried from damaged buildings in Aleppo after a bombing.<br/> <br />While in Damascus, celebratory gunfire and fireworks erupted before the results were even announced.<br/> <br />Authorities said three people were killed and 10 wounded.<br/> <br />Assad's opponents said that no credible poll could be held in the midst of a conflict that has killed 160,000 people.
