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Syria postpones parliamentary elections in some provinces

2025-08-23 19:30:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Syria postpones parliamentary elections in some provinces

New parliamentary elections will be postponed in three provinces for security reasons, an election commission official said on August 23.

Parliamentary elections in Syria - the first since longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power over eight months ago - were initially scheduled to be held from September 15 to 20.

But the spokesman for the high electoral commission, Hassan al-Daghim, said that voting would be postponed in the southern province of Suwayda, as well as in the provinces of al-Hassakeh and al-Raqqa due to "security challenges."

Last month, Suweida – a stronghold of Syria's Druze minority – experienced deadly sectarian violence.

The provinces of al-Hassake and al-Raqqa are under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces militias, which have tense relations with the government in Damascus.

Al-Daghim, speaking to Dpa, did not give a new date, but said that elections in these three provinces will be held when circumstances allow.

Earlier this week, Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, ratified a decree establishing a temporary electoral system that would give him the power to appoint one-third of the 210-member assembly. The remaining two-thirds would be elected by voters.

Commanding an alliance of Islamist-led rebels, al-Sharaa ousted al-Assad from power in December last year. The former Syrian president fled the country for Russia.

In January, the new administration dissolved the Parliament, which had been dominated by al-Assad's Baath Party.

In March, al-Sharaa approved an interim Constitution establishing a five-year political transition period.

Since the fall of al-Assad, Syria's new leadership has been seeking international recognition and seeking economic support to rebuild the country devastated by more than a decade of civil war./REL





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