Syria is set to hold a multi-party parliamentary election on Monday as the Saudi Arabia renewed the calls for its citizens to leave the crisis-hit country.

Syria is set to hold a multi-party parliamentary election on Monday as the Saudi Arabia renewed the calls for its citizens to leave the crisis-hit country.

Syrians will cast their ballots in order to elect the 250-seat assembly.

The head of the high elections committee, Khalaf al-Azzawi, assured that all the citizens have the right to elect in their districts, adding that they can vote using their ID –cards.

Meanwhile, in commemoration of the martyrs’ day, President Bashar al-Assad visited on Sunday the Martyr's Memorial at Mount Qassioun and laid a wreath on the martyrs' monument.

SAUDI RENEWS TRAVEL WARNING
On the other hand, Saudi Arabia renewed a warning to its citizens to leave Syria and not to travel to the country.

"Due to the continuing deterioration of the security situation in Syria, the foreign ministry renews its warning to all citizens from travelling to Syria," the ministry said in a statement carried by the SPA state news agency.

It also "urged citizens there to leave", the statement added on Sunday.

The kingdom, which has repeatedly called for world action against Damascus and called for the militarization of the armed groups, issued a similar warning in November.