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
Party Acronym Leader or Chairman Political position
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي
Ḥizb al-Ba‘th al-'Arabī al-Ishtirākī
BAAS Bashar al-Assad Far-left
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي
al-Ḥizb al-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-'Ijtimā'ī
SSNP Fares al-Saad Left-wing
Arab Socialist Movement
حركة الاشتراكيين العرب
Ḥarakat al-Ishtirakiyeen al-'Arab
- Omar Adnan al-Alawi Left-wing
Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria
حزب الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي في سورية
Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtirākī al-‘Arabī fi Sūrīyā
ASU Safwan al-Qudsi
Left-wing
Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)
الحزب الشيوعي السوري
al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī al-Sūrī
- Ammar Bakdash Far-left
Syrian Communist Party (Unified)
الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد)
al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī al-Sūrī (al-Mowahad)
- Hanin Nimir Far-left
Social Democratic Unionists
الوحدويون الديمقراطيون الاجتماعيون
al-Wahdawiuyun al-Dimukatiyyun al-Ijtima'iyyun
- - Centre-left
Socialist Unionist Party
حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين
al-Wahdawiyyun al-Ishtirakiyyun
- Fayiz Ismail Left-wing
Democratic Socialist Unionist Party
الحزب الوحدوي الاشتراكي الديمقراطي
al-Ḥizb al-Wahdawi al-Ishtirākī ad-Dīmuqrāṭī
- Fadlallah Nasreddin
Left-wing
Arab Democratic Union Party
حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي
Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād al-‘Arabī ad-Dīmuqrāṭī
- Iyad Ghassan Osman Left-wing
National Covenant Party
حركة العهد الوطني
Ḥaraka al-'ahd al-Waṭani
- Ghassan Othman
Left-wing
Popular Front for Change and Liberation
Party Acronym Leader or Chairman Political positions
People's Will Party
حزب الإرادة الشعبية
Ḥizb al-ʾIrāda aš-Šaʿbiyya
- Qadri Jamil Far-left
Other registered parties (as of 19 June 2012)
Party Acronym Leader or Chairman Political positions
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 Party
الحزب الوطني للشباب من أجل العدالة والتنمية
- Parwin Ibrahim -
Syrian National Youth Party
حزب الشباب الوطني السوري
Ḥizb ash-Shabāb al-Watanii as-Sūrī
- Maher Merhej -
National Initiative for Administration and Change in Syria
المبادرة الوطنية للإدارة والتغيير في سوريا
al-Mubadarat al-Wataniat Lil'iidarat wal-Taghyir fi Sūrīyā
NIACS Hassan al-Nouri Third Way
Syria Homeland Party - - -
Unlicensed parties or campaigning organizations operating in Syria or from exile
Party Acronym Leader or Chairman Political positions
Hizb ut-Tahrir
حزب التحرير
Ḥizb at-Taḥrīr
HT Ata Abu Rashta -
Muslim Brotherhood in Syria
الإخوان المسلمون في سوريا
al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun fi Sūrīyā
- Mohammad Walid -
Syrian Democratic People's Party
حزب الشعب الديمقراطي السوري
Ḥizb al-Sha'ab ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-Suriy
- Ghias Youn al-Soud
Centre-left
Communist Labour Party
حزب العمل الشيوعي
Ḥizb al-ʿAmal aš-Šuyūʿī
- Fateh Jamous -
Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party
حزب البعث الديمقراطي العربي الاشتراكي
Ḥizb al-Ba‘th ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-‘Arabī al-Ishtirākī
-
Brahim Makhous
Far-left
Arab Revolutionary Workers Party
حزب العمال الثوري العربي
Ḥizb al-'Amal al-Thawriy al-‘Arabī
- Tariq Abu Al-Hassan Left-wing
Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
الحزب الديمقراطي الكُردستاني في سوريا
al-Ḥizb ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-Kurdistānī fi Sūrīyā
پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان سووری
Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê li Sûriyê
KDPS Saud Malla Centre
Assyrian Democratic Organization
المنظمة الآثورية الديمقراطية
al-Munazamat al-Athuriat ad-Dīymūqrātia
ܡܛܟܣܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ
Gabo d'Huyodo Suryoyo
ADO Gabriel Moushe Gawrieh
Centre-left
Syriac Union Party
حزب الإتحاد السرياني في سوريا
Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād al-Siryanii fi Sūrīyā
ܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
Gabo d'Ḥuyodo Suryoyo
SUP Ishow Gowriye
Left-wing
Democratic Arab Socialist Union
الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي الديمقراطي
al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtirākī al-'Arabī ad-Dīmūqrāṭī
ASU Hassan Abdul Azim Left-wing
Assyrian Democratic Party
الحزب الآشوري الديمقراطي
al-Ḥizb al-Ashwry al-Diymuqratiu
ܓܒܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ
Gaba Aṯuraya Demoqrataya
ADP Ninos Isho -
Movement for Justice and Development in Syria
حركة العدالة والبناء في سورية
Ḥarakat al-'Idalat wal-Bana'a fi Sūrīyā
MJD
Anas Al-Abdah
-
Historical parties in Syria (now defunct)
Party Acronym Leader or Chairman Political positions
Arab Communist Party
الحزب الشيوعي العربي
al-Ḥizb al-Shuyu'i al-‘Arabī
- - Left-wing
National Bloc
الكتلة الوطنية
al-Kutlah al-Waṭaniyya
- Several
Catch-all
National Party
حزب الوطني
Ḥizb al-Waṭanī
- Shukri al-Quwatli Centre-right
People's Party
حزب الشعب
Ḥizb al-Sha'ab
- Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad Centre-right
League of Nationalist Action
عصبة العمل القومي
'Usbat al-'Amal al-Qawmi
- Abderrazak Al-Dandashli -
Arab National Party
الحزب القومي العربي
al-Ḥizb al-Qawmi al-‘Arabī
- Zaki al-Arsuzi -
Arab Ba'ath Movement
حركة البعث العربي
Ḥarakat al-Baʽth al-‘Arabī
- Michel Aflaq

Salah al-Din al-Bitar

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Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party
الحزب الشيوعي السوري اللبناني
al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī as-Sūrī al-Lubnānī
- Khalid Bakdash Far-left
Syrian Communist Party
الحزب الشيوعي السوري
al-Ḥizb aš-Šuyūʿī as-Sūrī
- Khalid Bakdash Far-left
Arab Liberation Movement
حركة التحرر العربي
Ḥarakat at-Taḥrīr al-‘Arabī
- Adib Shishakli -
Socialist Cooperation Party
حزب التعاون الاشتراكي
Ḥizb al-Ta'awun al-Ishtirākī
- -
Hizbullah
- Fawzi al-Qawuqji (founder) -

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