Syria selects members of first post-Assad parliament

Members of local committees in Syria began on Sunday selecting members of a transitional parliament, in a process criticised as undemocratic, with a third of the members appointed directly by interim leader Ahmed Al Sharaa.

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A member of Syria's local committees casts his vote in the country's selection process to designate an interim parliament in Damascus on Sunday.

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The assembly’s formation is set to consolidate the power of Sharaa, whose Islamist forces led a coalition that toppled longtime ruler Bashar Al Assad in December after more than 13 years of civil war.

An AFP correspondent witnessed dozens of members of the local committees queueing at Syria’s National Library, formerly called the Assad National Library, to cast their vote.