The brand new 210-member parliament takes form, marking a historic shift after a long time of Assad household rule.
Printed On 1 Jul 2026
The primary parliament in Syria’s post-Assad period has taken form with the discharge of a listing of 70 legislators picked by President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The inauguration of the brand new parliament on Wednesday reveals the nation is shifting forward with drafting legal guidelines because the nation works on recovering from a long time of iron-fist rule beneath longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted in December 2024 after greater than 13 years of civil struggle, which killed about half 1,000,000 individuals.
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The pinnacle of Syria’s electoral committee, Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, advised reporters that the brand new 210-member legislature will maintain its first assembly on Monday, when the brand new members shall be sworn in, and the parliament’s presidential council shall be elected.
Interim President al-Sharaa straight appoints one third of the 210 seats. His listing of 70 legislators contains 15 ladies, elevating the variety of feminine members within the legislature to 22.
Syria held the primary part of its parliamentary elections in October final yr whereas excluding the southern province of Suwayda, a predominantly Druze governorate and the place no date has been set but for a vote resulting from safety issues.
The October vote additionally excluded northeast Syria, which was beneath Kurdish management. A vote in that area was held in Might after authorities forces took management of the realm throughout lethal clashes earlier this yr.
The brand new parliament additionally contains representatives of the Alawite neighborhood and two legislators from Suwayda.
“Initially, there was a really small portion of the elected members that have been from a few of the minority teams, such because the Kurdish neighborhood,” stated Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto, reporting from the capital Damascus.
“The appointees by the president remedied that by including a number of extra Kurdish members from the Hasakah governorate,” Hitto added.
The brand new parliament can have a 30-month time period and work on a brand new elections legislation whereas getting ready the bottom for a well-liked vote within the subsequent elections, in keeping with al-Ahmad, as a check for the nation’s transition.
