Unite and rule: Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since fall of Assad as tensions with minorities persist

Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa is being criticized even by his supporters for making compromises both domestically and abroad. At the same time, the government has ample means to manipulate the upcoming vote, while the president himself leans toward centralizing power in his own hands, according to Antonio Giustozzi, a senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).