Syrians vote in the first parliamentary election since Assad's fall, in photos

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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)
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)
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)
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 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 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 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)
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)
A Syrian cleric man from the electoral college member casts his vote during the parliamentary elections at Latakia's Governor ballot station, in the costal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A Syrian cleric man from the electoral college member casts his vote during the parliamentary elections at Latakia's Governor ballot station, in the costal 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 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 Syrian policeman checks women at the entrance of Latakia's Governor building where the voting for a parliamentary election is taking place, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A Syrian policeman checks women at the entrance of Latakia's Governor building where the voting for a parliamentary election is taking place, in the coastal city of 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 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)
Residents ride a motorcycle past war-damaged buildings in the Damascus suburb of Daraya, Syria, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, ahead of a parliamentary election set to take place Sunday. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Residents ride a motorcycle past war-damaged buildings in the Damascus suburb of Daraya, Syria, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, ahead of a parliamentary election set to take place Sunday. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Syrian election officials burn 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)
Syrian election officials burn 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)
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 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 taxi driver waves to a Syrian government security man at a checkpoint, in the southern Damascus suburb of Jaramana, Syria, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A taxi driver waves to a Syrian government security man at a checkpoint, in the southern Damascus suburb of Jaramana, Syria, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Soap bubbles float in the air as people walk through the old city of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Soap bubbles float in the air as people walk through the old city of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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5:20 AM on Sunday, October 5

By 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.

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