Syrian Communist Party (Unified) الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد) | |
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Abbreviation | SCP(U) |
First Secretary | Najmuddin al-Kharit |
Founder | Yusuf Faisal |
Founded | 1986 |
Split from | Syrian Communist Party |
Headquarters | Damascus |
Newspaper | An-Nour |
Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism[1] |
Political position | Far-left |
National affiliation | National Progressive Front |
International affiliation | IMCWP World Anti-Imperialist Platform[2] |
Colours | Red |
People's Assembly | 2 / 250 |
Cabinet of Syria | 1 / 28 |
Website | |
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The Syrian Communist Party (Unified) (Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد)), initially known simply as the Syrian Communist Party (الحزب الشيوعي السوري, Al-Hizb Al-Shuyū'ī Al-Sūrī), is a communist party 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 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.[3][4]