A Syrian election official burns red wax to stamp a ballot box ahead of the parliamentary elections at Latakia's Governor ballot station, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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)Electoral college members collect their ballots for a parliamentary election at a polling station in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)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)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 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)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)
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