DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organizing the election process told state media Sunday.

Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections, told the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency that elections will take place between Sept. 15 and 20. They will be the first elections under the country’s new authorities after the fall of longtime President Bashar Assad in a lightning rebel offensive in December.

One-third of the 210 seats will be appointed by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, with the rest to be elected.

In a recent interview with the Erem News site, another member of the elections committee, Hassan al-Daghim, said an electoral college will be set up in each of Syria’s pro

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