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Syria's president names final 70 lawmakers to new post-Assad parliament
Key takeaways
- Election official Mohammed Taha al-Ahmed said 15 of the president's appointees were women
- Syria's Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has appointed the final 70 members of the country's new parliament, paving the way for it to hold its first session next week.
- Fifteen of the new lawmakers are women and 13 were imprisoned during the rule of Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown in 2024.
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Election official Mohammed Taha al-Ahmed said 15 of the president's appointees were women
Syria's Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has appointed the final 70 members of the country's new parliament, paving the way for it to hold its first session next week.
Fifteen of the new lawmakers are women and 13 were imprisoned during the rule of Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown in 2024. It is not clear how many are members of religious and ethnic minorities.
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