In Syria, the date of the first parliamentary elections after the overthrow of the Assad regime was set
Syria will hold parliamentary elections on October 5, 2025, for the first time under a new Islamist-led administration since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. reports this Reuters.
Elections for the 210 members of the People’s Assembly are said to be held “in all constituencies”, although last month the election commission announced the postponement of voting in three provinces due to security concerns. A third of the seats in the People’s Assembly will be appointed by President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
“The new assembly is expected to lay the groundwork for a broader democratic process since the ouster of former president Bashar al-Assad last December after nearly 14 years of civil war. Critics say that the current system of governing the country lacks sufficient participation of minority groups, the report says.
At first, extraordinary parliamentary elections were planned to be held between September 15 and 20. However, voting in Suwayda province, where clashes between Druze and Sunni Bedouin tribes took place in July, as well as in Hasakah and Raqqa provinces, some of which are under the control of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, decided to postpone.
The Druze are a religious and ethnic community that arose in the 11th century on the territory of modern Lebanon, Syria and Israel. Their religion shares roots with Islam, but is not considered a part of it. Druze do not have mosques, do not perform Hajj and do not pray five times a day. The Druze religion does not involve complex rites or ceremonies.
It is impossible to accept a friend’s faith, it is transmitted only by blood. In Syria, the community of Druze numbers about 700,000 people, who mostly live in the province of Suwayda and the suburbs of Damascus — Jaramani and Ashrafiyat Sahnai.
