Overview

• The elections, set for Sept. 15–20, mark the first parliamentary vote since President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster in December.
• A 10-member committee formed by a June presidential decree is tasked with setting up provincial electoral bodies to choose two-thirds of the legislature.
• The new assembly will serve a renewable 36-month mandate under the temporary constitution.
• Critics warn the mixed election-and-appointment system centralizes power in President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s hands and overlooks minority representation.
• Violence in Sweida province this month has killed hundreds in sectarian clashes and raised doubts about the authorities’ ability to secure the election.