Many Syrians are unaware of the first parliamentary election since Assad’s fall

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The streets of Damascus barely showed sign Saturday a parliamentary election was set to take place the next day. The interim authorities dissolved the former parliament and political parties after Assad’s fall. Nejmeh, the election committee spokesperson, said lawyers from the Syrian bar association will monitor the vote instead. “Are we going through a credible transition, an inclusive transition that represents all of Syria?” Syoufi said. Waiting for the final resultMany Syrians are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the election process — if they are following it at all.