Syria sets date for first parliamentary elections since Assad’s ouster
Syria’s Supreme Committee for Parliamentary Elections announced on Sunday that voting for the 250-seat People’s Assembly will be held on October 5, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
This marks the country’s first legislative election since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government last year.
The committee said the decision was made under the constitutional declaration and decrees issued earlier this year by interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, who established the election authority in June. The polls will follow a temporary, indirect electoral system designed to shape a new legislature within 60 to 90 days.
In August, the election body postponed voting in three provinces -- Sweida, Hasakah, and Raqqa -- citing security concerns.
The seats assigned to those provinces will remain vacant until "suitable conditions and a safe environment are available," the committee said at the time.
Sweida has been roiled by sectarian clashes, while Hasakah and Raqqa continue to face instability as a result of tensions between the interim authorities and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
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