QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Badran Jia Kurd, a senior Kurdish official and advisor to the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), warned Sunday that the current format of Syria’s parliamentary elections could deepen political divisions in the country. On Sunday, polling centers across Syria opened for the first legislative elections since the…

DAMASCUS/QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Syria’s first parliamentary elections following the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime have sparked intense debate over the true representativeness of the electoral process and the legitimacy of its outcome. The elections, which come amid ongoing political and security challenges, have raised concerns about the extent to which they…

In just a few days, Syria is set to hold what is nominally a legislative election. Yet the signs are unmistakable: this is not a representative process, but a rebranded mechanism of appointment—unfit, unfree, and unworthy of the name. In the absence of a safe environment, amid the collapse of state institutions and the fragmentation…