The Syrian Communist Party () is an anti-revisionist

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in Syria. The party emerged from a split in the Syrian Communist Party in 1986, as formed by the anti- Perestroika faction led by

Khalid Bakdash Khalid Bakdash (occasionally spelled Khalid Bagdash or Khaled Bekdache, ar, خالد بكداش) (1912 – July 15, 1995) was a Syrian politician who lead the Syrian Communist Party (SCP) from 1936 until his death in 1995. In 1954, Bakdash became ...

. Khalid Bakdash died in 1995 and was succeeded as secretary of his party faction by his widow, Wisal Farha Bakdash. At the time of the 2000

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, the party was able to publish a newspaper called ''Sawt al-Shaab'' ("Voice of the People"). Currently the party’s secretary general, , who succeeded his mother in the party’s leadership. Mohammad Fayez al-Barasha is the party's only cabinet minister.

Parliamentary elections

References

External links

Official website
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