List of political parties in Syria
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This article lists political parties in Syria.
Everyone is allowed to start a new political party but it cannot be founded on ethnic, religious, regional or tribal basis. Under the Constitution of Syria approved in 2012, a licensed party must have at least 50 founding members, aged 25 or over, who have been Syrian nationals for more than 10 years, and are not members of any other party, Syrian or non-Syrian.[1]
Political parties and organizations
- National Progressive Front:
- Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
- Syrian Social Nationalist Party
- Arab Socialist Movement
- Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria
- Syrian Communist Party (Khalid Bakdash faction)
- Syrian Communist Party (Yusuf Faisal faction)
- Social Democratic Unionists
- Socialist Unionists
- Democratic Socialist Unionist Party
- Arabic Democratic Unionist Party
- National Vow Movement
- Popular Front for Change and Liberation
- Other registered parties (as of 19 June 2012):[2]
- Solidarity Party
- Arab Democratic Solidarity Party
- Syrian Democratic Party
- National Development Party
- Al-Ansar Party
- Democratic Vanguard Party (Al Talia'a Democratic Party)
- National Youth for Justice and Development
- Syrian National Youth Party
- Syria Homeland Party (Souriya Al-Watan)
- Unlicensed parties or campaigning organisations operating in Syria or from exile include:
- Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Muslim Brotherhood of Syria
- Syrian Democratic People's Party
- Communist Labour Party
- Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party
- Arab Revolutionary Workers Party
- Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
- Assyrian Democratic Organization
- Syriac Union
- Democratic Arab Socialist Union
- Assyrian Democratic Party
- Movement for Justice and Development in Syria
- Historical parties in Syria (now defunct):
See also
References
- ^ Syria's New Parties: Modest Goals Against Baath Hold Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Al Akhbar (Lebanon), 18 March 2012
- ^ Political Renaissance? Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, Syria Today, April 2012
