Syria is holding its first parliamentary election since autocratic former President Bashar Assad was ousted in December. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Syrian electoral college members line up to cast their ballots in a parliamentary election at a polling station in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
A Syrian policeman stands guard at Latakia’s Governor building where the voting for a parliamentary election will take place, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A Syrian election official shows a ballot paper during the counting of ballots, shortly after polling stations closed at Latakia’s Governor building, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A Syrian electoral college member casts his vote during the parliamentary elections at Latakia’s Governor ballot station, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa waves as he enters a polling station where electoral college members are voting in a parliamentary election in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Syrian electoral college members line up to cast their ballots in a parliamentary election at a polling station in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
A Syrian electoral college member casts his vote during a parliamentary election at Latakia’s Governor ballot station in Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Syrian election officials count ballots shortly after polling stations closed at Latakia’s Governor building, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A Syrian electoral college member, right, casts his vote during the parliamentary elections at Latakia’s Governor ballot station, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A Syrian woman passes in front of posters showing Syrian-American Jew Henry Hamra, a candidate for the Syrian Parliamentary elections, in the Jewish neighborhood of old Damascus, Syria Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A man waits for customers at a stall beside war-damaged buildings ahead of a parliamentary election set to take place Sunday, in the Damascus suburb of Daraya, Syria, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
