DAMASCUS Members of local committees in Syria began on Oct. 5 selecting members of a transitional parliament, with a third of the members appointed directly by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. The assembly's formation is set to consolidate the power of Sharaa, whose Islamist forces led a coalition that toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 after more than 13 years of civil war. Dozens of members of the local committees queued at Syria's National Library, formerly called the

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