Syria to hold parliamentary ballot in September as first elections since Assad’s removal

Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organizing 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 Erem News site, 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.

A temporary constitution signed by al-Sharaa in March called for a People’s Committee to be set up to serve as an interim parliament until a permanent constitution is adopted and general elections held, a process that could take years.

The announcement of impending elections comes at a time when the country is increasingly divided in its views of the new authorities in Damascus after sectarian violence broke out in the southern province of Suwayda earlier this month. The fighting killed hundreds of people and threatened to unravel Syria’s fragile postwar transition.

The violent clashes, which broke out two weeks ago, were sparked by tit-for-tat kidnappings between armed Bedouin clans and fighters from the Druze religious minority.

Syrian government forces intervened, ostensibly to end the fighting, but effectively sided with the clans. Some government fighters reportedly executed Druze civilians and burned and looted houses. Israel intervened, launching airstrikes on government forces and on the Defense Ministry headquarters. Israel said it was acting to defend the Druze minority.

With who’s running Syria nowadays will it be a contest between the “Al Qaeda Party” “ISIS League” and “Muslim Brotherhood” to see who wins the most seats.

2 posted on 07/28/2025 8:49:02 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)

After killing many of the Alawites, they are going to hold an election. Seems skewed to me.

About 1600 of them have been killed this year.

3 posted on 07/28/2025 9:03:10 PM PDT by Jonty30 (My mom is half French. Her mother and father are French, but she lost her legs in a car accident.)

Syria to hold elections

And Nancy Pelousy will donate all her millions to the State of Israel

The titular head of Syria has many names. He has been a member of every group of jihadists and Islamofascists one can think of.

The names we know about are: Abu Mohammad al-Golani, Abu Mohammad al-Jawlani, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, Ahmad Hussein al-Sharaa

4 posted on 07/28/2025 9:09:31 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try - AND - Every Time You Fall Down, Get The Frak Up! )

So the Jihadi with suit and tie is making all the right superficial moves to gain support from the West and “moderate” Arab countries.

On paper the Jihadi with a tie is making all the right moves while killing off those who might threaten his regime.

The Turks are behind the mess and the West seems to be buying into it.

The hardcore islamists will fudge the results. It’s the middle east after all.

6 posted on 07/29/2025 12:11:11 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (*This is a test of the emergency tagline system. This is only a test*)

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