Syria votes in first post-Assad parliamentary elections
Syria on Monday published preliminary results of its indirect vote for the first parliament since Bashar al-Assad’s historic toppling last year, with election officials acknowledging a low success rate for women and religious minorities.
One of the election observers described the new parliament as overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim and male.
Sunday’s vote saw around 6,000 members of regional electoral colleges choose candidates from pre-approved lists, part of a process to produce nearly two-thirds of the new 210-seat body. Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa will later select the remaining third.
