Syria holds first Parl elections since fall of Bashar regime

Members of the electoral colleges in Syria on Sunday morning voted for the first Syrian parliamentary elections since the country's ruler Bashar al-Assad was overthrown.

State media reported that that voting process would mark the formation of the first Syrian People's Assembly since the fall of the defunct regime.

The voting was held at designated electoral district centres across most provinces, as set by the Higher Committee for Parliamentary Elections. The 11 members of the Committe were chosen by the president in June.

A later date will be scheduled for voting in Kurdish controlled certain areas of Raqqa and Hasakah provinces (Ma'dan, Ras al-Ayn, and Tal Abyad), while seats in the remaining districts of these provinces, as well as all districts in Sweida province, will remain vacant until conditions allow, the news outlet said.

Syria's new transitional government doesn't control all of the country. Assad was ousted by Ahmed al-Sharaa's forces last December after a 13-year civil war. After voting concludes, the ballot boxes will be opened publicly, and the counting of votes will begin.