The Syriac Union Party (, ) abbreviated as SUL is a Lebanese Assyrian political party established on 29 March 2005. It expresses points of view of the Assyrian minority community in Lebanon without any confessional differences between

Syriac Orthodox The Syriac Orthodox Church (), also informally known as the Jacobite Church, is an Oriental Orthodox denomination that originates from the Church of Antioch. The church currently has around 4-5 million followers. The church upholds the Mia ...

Syriac Catholic The Syriac Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'' (self-governing) particular church that is in full communion with the Holy See and with the entirety of the Catholic Church. Originating in the Levant, it uses the West Syriac R ...

and is vocal in asking for independent seats for the Assyrians in the

Lebanese Parliament The Lebanese Parliament (, ) is the unicameral national parliament of the Lebanon, Republic of Lebanon. There are 128 members elected to a four-year term in Electoral district, multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's divers ...

, rather than confining them to the " minorities seat" in Beirut as is now the case. The Syriac Union Party is headed by Ibrahim Murad, and is considered very close with the opposition of the

14 March alliance The March 14 Alliance (), named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, was a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that were united by their anti- Assad stance and by their opposition to the March 8 Alliance. ...

. The party endorsed the

Lebanese Forces The Lebanese Forces ( ') is a Lebanon, Lebanese Christianity in Lebanon, Christian-based political party and Lebanese Forces (militia), former militia during the Lebanese Civil War. It currently holds 19 of the 128 seats in Lebanon's Parliamen ...

in the 2022 parliamentary elections.

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