The Syrian Communist Party (Unified) ( ar, الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد) ), initially known simply as the Syrian Communist Party ( ''Al-Hizb Al-Shuyū'ī Al-Sūrī''), is a

communist party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...

in Syria. The party emerged from a split in the Syrian Communist Party in 1986, formed by the pro- Perestroika faction led by Yusuf Faisal. At the time of the 2000

Damascus Spring The Damascus Spring ( ar, ربيع دمشق, ) was a period of intense political and social debate in Syria which started after the death of President Hafiz al-Asad in June 2000 and continued to some degree until autumn 2001, when most of the act ...

, 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.

Electoral results

References

External links

Syrian Communist Party (Unified) Website

Al-nour Newspaper website

Syrian Communist Party (Unified) Official Facebook Page
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