Syria's Supreme Electoral Commission announced Sunday it would hold parliamentary elections on Oct. 5, first since the ouster of the Bashar Assad regime last December.
The commission issued Decision No. 44, 2025, setting the date for the parliamentary polls, according to the state news agency SANA, regardless of uncertainties over how the vote will be conducted across the country.
At the end of August, the commission announced that elections in three provinces would be postponed indefinitely due to security concerns.
It remains unclear whether the October elections will cover the affected provinces of Suwaida, Hasakah and Raqqa, areas under the control of the U.S.-backed YPG terrorist group.
The new Parliament is set to expand to 210 seats, with one-third directly appointed by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
