Syria's president names final 70 lawmakers to new post-Assad parliament

The report

Fifteen women are appointed, after only six female candidates were selected by regional electoral colleges last October

The significance

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The context

The arc leading to this moment stretches across multiple prior developments in syria, president, names, final, lawmakers, as BBC has documented.

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The read

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of syria, president, names, final, lawmakers: Fifteen women are appointed, after only six female candidates were selected by regional electoral colleges last October.