The Syrian Communist Party (Unified) (), also known as the Unified Syrian Communist Party, is a banned communist party in

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. The party emerged from a split from the original

Syrian Communist Party The Syrian Communist Party () was a political party in Syria founded in 1944 as a division of the Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party, which later split into the Syrian Communist Party and the Lebanese Communist Party. In 1972, it became a memb ...

, emerging from the pro-''

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'' faction of the latter. It supported the

Assad regime Ba'athist Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), was the Syrian state between 1963 and 2024 under the one-party rule of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. From 1971 until its collapse in 2024, it was rule ...

and as a result was banned after its fall.

History

The party emerged from a split in the

in 1986, formed by the pro-''

'' faction led by Yusuf Faisal. It initially retained the Syrian Communist Party name and claimed to be the party's true continuation. At the time of the 2000

Damascus Spring The Damascus Spring (, ) was a period of intense political and social debate in Ba'athist Syria which started after the death of President Hafez al-Assad in June 2000 and continued to some degree until autumn 2001, when most of the activities as ...

, the party was able to publish a newspaper called ''an-Nour'' ("The Light"). The 11th party congress, held in March 2011, re-elected Hanin Nimir as First Secretary of the party. Following the

fall of the Assad regime On 8 December 2024, the Assad regime collapsed during a 2024 Syrian opposition offensives, major offensive by Syrian opposition, opposition forces. The offensive was spearheaded by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported mainly by the Turk ...

, the party published a statement expressing support for the

Syrian transitional government The Syrian transitional government () is the current provisional government of Syria, formed on 29 March 2025 under President Ahmed al-Sharaa. It succeeded the Syrian caretaker government headed by Mohammed al-Bashir. The government was ...

and calling for a new constitution to be published. The party was banned by the

on 29 January 2025, due to its support for the former regime. The ban was condemned by the

Iraqi Communist Party The Iraqi Communist Party ( '; ) is a communist party and the oldest active party in Iraq. Since its foundation in 1934, it has dominated the left in Iraqi politics. It played a prominent role in shaping the political history of Iraq between it ...

and the Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq.

Election results

Syrian People's Assembly elections

References

External links

Syrian Communist Party (Unified) WebsiteAl-nour Newspaper websiteSyrian Communist Party (Unified) Official Facebook Page
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