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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) visits the polling station where members of Syrian local committees have been casting their votes to select members of an interim parliament, in Damascus on October 5, 2025.

Cheers and jeers as Syria votes in first post-Assad parliament

Only 4% of 119 members selected in the indirect vote were women, and only two Christians, sparking concerns about inclusivity and fairness. Meanwhile, voting was postponed in Druze and Kurdish areas.

Subhi Franjieh 07 October 2025

A poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad superimposed upon the national flag with text in Arabic reading "Syria's workers are with you" is seen on a window in an upper floor of the historic Hamidiyah souk (market) in the old city of Syria's capital Damascus on April 21, 2021, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Getty)

The Fake Syrian Elections

The Syrian elections are coming up in May, and the world has already denounced the results. Knowing that democracy in Syria is nonexistent, and that the brutality of the regime and its allies often…

Hanin Ghaddar 30 April 2021

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