Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since the fall of al-Assad

Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organising the election process told state media Sunday.

Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections, told state news agency SANA that elections will take place between Sept 15 and 20. They will be the first to take place under the country’s new authorities after the fall of



former President Bashar Assad in a lightning rebel offensive in December.

One third of the 210 seats will the appointed by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, with the rest to be elected.

In a recent interview with the News channel , another member of the elections committee, Hassan al-Daghim, said an electoral college will be set up in each of Syria’s provinces to vote for the elected seats.