Syria held follow-up parliamentary elections on Sunday in the Kurdish-majority northeastern province of Hassakeh and the town of Kobani, areas that were reintegrated under government control after fighting in January.
Not particularly democratic given that with a third of seats secured, al-Sharaa loyalists only need to win a quarter of the remaining seats to secure a majority in parliament.
Hopefully Syria isn’t stupid enough to replace the Ba’ath with Al-Queda. It will be a real “how many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man” kind of moment, except instead of being funny it will just be horrible.
Not particularly democratic given that with a third of seats secured, al-Sharaa loyalists only need to win a quarter of the remaining seats to secure a majority in parliament.
Hopefully Syria isn’t stupid enough to replace the Ba’ath with Al-Queda. It will be a real “how many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man” kind of moment, except instead of being funny it will just be horrible.