After more than a decade of civil war, committee members will choose transitional parliament

DAMASCUS: The streets of Damascus barely showed sign Saturday a parliamentary election was set to take place the next day. There were no candidate posters on the main streets and…

Three provinces will not be included "for security reasons", amid concerns over how representative the polls will be.

DAMASCUS: Members of local committees in Syria began on Sunday selecting members of a transitional parliament, in a process criticized as undemocratic, with a third of the members…

A third of the members are appointed by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has said it is impossible to hold direct elections now.

Syrians are voting indirectly, and President Ahmed al-Shara is appointing a third of the lawmakers. Still, some see this as a step forward after decades of dictatorship.

Zum ersten Mal seit Assads Sturz wurde in Syrien gewählt. Die Wunden der Vergangenheit sitzen tief. Kritiker befürchten aber, dass Demokratie nur Fassade bleibt.

Two-thirds of Syria's new parliament will be chosen by electoral colleges, with the rest appointed by interim president.

People's Assembly to be chosen by electoral subcommittees in first vote under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Damaskus (dpa) - Zum ersten Mal seit dem Ende der Assad-Herrschaft hat es in Syrien eine Parlamentswahl gegeben - ein wichtiger Schritt für die politische Neuordnung des Landes…

Syria is electing Parliament officials Sunday, paving the way toward a more democratic future after more than 50 years of dictatorship amid Bashar al-Assad's rule.

After more than a decade of civil war, committee members will choose transitional parliament

Vote counting began Sunday evening in Syria following the close of polls in the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar...

The elections mark a significant step in Syria’s post-conflict transition, but critics argue the elections fall short of full democracy

Syria’s electoral commission on Monday announced the official results of the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar Assad....

Election marks landmark moment in country’s post-war transition, but vote goes largely to Sunni male representatives.

In the first elections since the Assad regime was ousted, there was no popular vote and women and minorities won few seats. Still, many Syrians saw it as progress toward ending…

Results from the first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad show only 13% of seats were won by female and minority candidates.

Syria this week witnessed a historic moment. For the first time since the overthrow of Bashar Assad in December 2024, Syrians went to the polls under the transitional leadership…