Leftist Parties of Syria

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '03	OTHER
Assyrian Democratic Organization	Munazzamat al-Ashouriyia al-Dimuqratiyia / Mtakasta	ADO		fax: +49-821-426352	assyrian nat.		-	f. 1957
National Democratic Rally	Tajammu' al-Watani al-Dimuqrati / Rassemblement National Démocratique	RND	Al-Mauqif al-Dimuqrati	e-mail			-	f. 1980, led by Hasan Abd al-Azim
Arab Revolutionary Workers Party in Syria	Hizb al-'Ummal al-Thawri al-'Arabi fi Suriyah				rad. left.		-	f. 1960s
Arab Socialist Democratic Resurrection Party	Hizb al-Ba'th al-Dimuqrati al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi		Al-Dimuqrati		rad. left.		-	f. 1970 as split from Ba'th Party
Democratic Arab Socialist Union Party in Syria	Hizb al-Ittihad al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi al-Dimuqrati fi Suriya / Union Socialiste Arabe		Al-Arabi	e-mail	nasserite		-	f. 1964 as Arab Socialist Union
Movement of Arab Socialists	Harakat al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi				Arab nat.		-	f. 1962 as split from Ba'th Party, led by Abd al-Ghani A'yiach
Syrian Communist Party - Political Bureau	Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Suri - al-Maktab al-Siyasi		Al-Rai	e-mail	com.		-	f. 1973 as split from SCP, led by Riyad al-Turk
National Progressive Front	Jabhah al-Wataniyah al-Taqaddumiyah	NPF					167 of 250 seats	f. 1972
Arab Democratic Union	Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-'Arabi				nasserite		-	f. 1981 as split from IIA, led by Ghassan Ahmad Uthman
Arab Socialist Union	Ittihad al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi	IIA			nasserite		7 seats	split from original Arab Socialist Union in 1973; led by Safwan al-Qudsi
Democratic Socialist Unionist Party	Hizb al-Wahdawi al-Ishtiraki al-Dimuqrati				nasserite		4 seats	split from Party of Socialists Unionists in 1974
Movement of Arab Socialists	Harakat al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi				Arab nat.		4 seats	led by Mustafa Hamdun
Movement of Arab Socialists	Harakat al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi	HIA			Arab nat.		-	led by Ghassan Abd al-Aziz Uthman
Party of Socialists Unionists	Hizb al-Wahdawiyin al-Ishtirakiyin		Wahdawi	e-mail	nasserite		7 seats	f. 1961 as split from Ba'th Party, led by Fayiz Isma’il
Socialist Arab Resurrection Party	Hizb al-Ba'th al-'Arabi al-Ishtiraki		Al-Ba'th	e-mail	Arab nat.		135 seats	f. 1947
Syrian Communist Party [Bagdash]	Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Suri [Bagdash]	SCP[B]	Sawt al-Shaab, Al-Tali'ah		stal.	ICS	4 seats	f. 1986 as split from SCP[F], led by Wisal Farhah Bagdash
Syrian Communist Party [Faysal]	Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Suri [Faysal]	SCP[F]	al-Nur, Dirassat Ishtirakiah	e-mail	com.	ex-CI, ex-WMR	4 seats	f. 1924, led by Yusuf al-Faysal
Syrian Social Nationalist Party	Hizb al-Suri al-Qawmi al-Ijtima'i	SSNP	al-Shaam	e-mail	left. nat.		2 seats	f. 1932, led by Issam al-Maheyri
Movement of Arab Socialists	Harakat al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi				nasserite		-	split from HIA of Hamdun in 2001, led by Ahmad al-Ahmad
National Committee for the Unity of the Syrian Communists	Lajnah al-Wataniyah li-Wahdah Shuyu'iyin Suriyin		Kassioun	e-mail	com.		-	f. 2002 mainly as split from SCP[B]
Party of Communist Action	Hizb al-'Amal al-Shuyu'i / Parti d'Action Communiste	PAC	Al-Rayat al-Hamra		rad. left.		-	f. 1981
Party of Modernity and Democracy							-	f. 2001
Syrian Democratic Union Party	Hizb al-Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-Suri						-	founded by former Syrian PKK members
Kurdistan
Democratic Party of Kurdistan - Syria other page	Partîya Demokrat a Kurdistanê - Sûriyê / Hizb al-Dimuqrati al-Kurdistani - Suriyah	PDK-S	Dengê Kurdistan	e-mail			-	originally f. 1957, refounded in 2000, led by Taufik Hamdosch
Democratic Union Party	Partîya Yekîtî ya Demokratîk	PYD		e-mail		close to Kongra-gel	-	f. 2003, led by Ali Muhammed
Kurdish Democratic Alliance in Syria	Hevbendiya Demokrat a Kurd li Sûriyê / Al-Tahaluf al-Dimuqrati al-Kurdi fi al-Suriyah	Hevbendi		e-mail			-	f. 1992, alliance of PDPK-S, PDK/Al-Parti, PHGK-S, PCK-S, PYDK-Yekiti
Kurdish Democratic Front in Syria	Bera Demokrat a Kurd li Sûriyê / Jabhah al-Dimuqrati al-Kurdi fi-Suriyah	BDKS					-	f. 2001, alliance of PDPK-S, PCK-S, PDK/Al-Partî
Kurdish Democratic Party in Syria - The Party	Partîya Demokrat a Kurdî li Sûriyê / Hizb al-Dimuqrati al-Kurdi fi Suri - Al-Partî	PDK-S/Al-Parti	Denge Kurd	e-mail			-	split from PDK-S in 1965
Kurdish Democratic Patriotic Alliance	Al-Tahaluf al-Watani al-Dimuqrati al-Kurdi fi al-Suriyah						-
Kurdish Democratic United Party in Syria other page	Partîya Yekîtî ya Demokrat a Kurd li Sûriyê / Hizb al-Wahdah al-Dimuqrati al-Kurdi fi Suriyah	PYDK-S Yekîtî	Yekîtî	e-mail			-	f. 1981 as split from PDK-Al Parti
Kurdish Left Party of Syria	Partîya Çep a Kurd li Sûriyê / Hizb al-Yasari al-Kurdi fi Suriyah	PCK-S	Riya Gel				-	f. 1977
Kurdish People's Union Party	Partîya Hevgirtina Gelê Kurd li Sûriyê/ Hizb al-Ittihad al-Sha'bi al-Kurdi fi Suri	PHGK-S	Ittihad al-Sha'b, Deng	e-mail			-	f. 1980, led by Selah Bedreddîn
Kurdish Progressive Democratic Party in Syria	Partîya Demokrat a Pêsverû ya Kurd li Sûriyê / Hizb al-Dimuqrati al-Taqaddumi al-Kurdi fi Suriyah	PDPK-S	Al-Dimuqrati	e-mail			-	f. 1976 as split from PDK-S, led by Hamid Darwish
Kurdish Socialist Party of Syria	Partîya Sosyalîst a Kurd li Sûriyê / Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Kurdi fi Suriyah	PSK-S					-	f. 1965
Kurdish United Party in Syria other page	Partîya Yekîtî ya Kurd li Sûriyê / Hizb al-Wahdah al-Kurdi fi Suriyah	PYK-S	Hejmar	e-mail			-	led by Hussein Saado
National Democratic Coalition							-	f. 2001 by Muhammad Marwan al-Zarki
Syrian Democratic Union Party	Hizb al-Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-Suri						-	founded by former PKK members