{"id":128607,"date":"2025-08-23T10:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=128607"},"modified":"2025-08-23T10:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:54:44","slug":"damascus-postpones-elections-in-3-governorates-outside-its-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/128607\/","title":{"rendered":"Damascus postpones elections in 3 governorates outside its control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The Syrian transitional government postponed on Saturday parliamentary elections in Suwayda, Hasakah, and Raqqa governorates, citing \u201csecurity challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official justification, however, underscores a deeper reality: Damascus remains unable to organize elections in these areas because they are effectively beyond its authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suwayda, in southern Syria, is largely under the control of Druze local groups who have resisted central government influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hasakah and Raqqa in the northeast are administered by the multi-component Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), backed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The postponement highlights the limits of the transitional government\u2019s reach more than a decade into Syria\u2019s conflict. While elections are intended to reinforce state legitimacy, the inability to conduct them in three strategically and demographically important governorates reflects the fragmented power map on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Observers note that the move may further deepen mistrust between Damascus and both Druze and Kurdish leaders, complicating ongoing negotiations over political integration and local governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Jwan Shekaki &nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Syrian transitional government postponed on Saturday parliamentary elections in Suwayda, Hasakah, and Raqqa governorates, citing \u201csecurity challenges.\u201d The official justification, however, underscores a deeper reality: Damascus remains unable to organize elections in these areas because they are effectively beyond its authority. Suwayda, in southern Syria, is largely under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":128608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Damascus postpones elections in 3 governorates outside its control<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Syrian transitional government postponed on Saturday parliamentary elections in Suwayda, Hasakah, and Raqqa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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