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This article lists political parties in Syria.

Everyone is allowed to start a new political party but it cannot be founded on ethnic, religious, regional or tribal basis. Under the Constitution of Syria approved in 2012, a licensed party must have at least 50 founding members, aged 25 or over, who have been Syrian nationals for more than 10 years, and are not members of any other party, Syrian or non-Syrian.

Political parties and organizations

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National Progressive Front
	Acronym	Leader or Chairman	Political position
Syrian Social Nationalist Party الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي al-Ḥizb al-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-'Ijtimā'ī	SSNP	Fares al-Saad	Far-right
Arab Socialist Movement حركة الاشتراكيين العرب Ḥarakat al-Ishtirakiyeen al-'Arab	-	Omar Adnan al-Alawi	Left-wing
Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria حزب الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي في سورية Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtirākī al-‘Arabī fi Sūrīyā	ASU	Safwan al-Qudsi	Left-wing
Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) الحزب الشيوعي السوري al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī al-Sūrī	-	Ammar Bakdash	Far-left
Syrian Communist Party (Unified) الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد) al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī al-Sūrī (al-Mowahad)	-	Hanin Nimir	Far-left
Social Democratic Unionists الوحدويون الديمقراطيون الاجتماعيون al-Wahdawiuyun al-Dimukatiyyun al-Ijtima'iyyun	-	-	Centre-left
Socialist Unionist Party حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين al-Wahdawiyyun al-Ishtirakiyyun	-	Fayiz Ismail	Left-wing
Democratic Socialist Unionist Party الحزب الوحدوي الاشتراكي الديمقراطي al-Ḥizb al-Wahdawi al-Ishtirākī ad-Dīmuqrāṭī	-	Fadlallah Nasreddin	Left-wing
Arab Democratic Union Party حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād al-‘Arabī ad-Dīmuqrāṭī	-	Iyad Ghassan Osman	Left-wing
National Covenant Party حركة العهد الوطني Ḥaraka al-'ahd al-Waṭani	-	Ghassan Othman	Left-wing

Popular Front for Change and Liberation
Party		Acronym	Leader or Chairman	Political positions
	People's Will Party حزب الإرادة الشعبية Ḥizb al-ʾIrāda aš-Šaʿbiyya	-	Qadri Jamil	Far-left

Other registered parties (*as of 19 June 2012*)
Party	Acronym	Leader or Chairman	Political positions
Solidarity Party	-	-	-
Arab Democratic Solidarity Party	-	-	-
Syrian Democratic Party	-	-	-
National Development Party	-	-	-
Al-Ansar Party	-	-	-
Democratic Vanguard Party (Al Talia'a Democratic Party)	-	-	-
National Youth for Justice and Development Party الحزب الوطني للشباب من أجل العدالة والتنمية	-	Parwin Ibrahim	-
Syrian National Youth Party حزب الشباب الوطني السوري Ḥizb ash-Shabāb al-Watanii as-Sūrī	-	Maher Merhej	-
National Initiative for Administration and Change in Syria المبادرة الوطنية للإدارة والتغيير في سوريا al-Mubadarat al-Wataniat Lil'iidarat wal-Taghyir fi Sūrīyā	NIACS	Hassan al-Nouri	Third Way
Syria Homeland Party	-	-	-

Unlicensed parties or campaigning organizations operating in Syria or from exile
Party	Acronym	Leader or Chairman	Political positions
Hizb ut-Tahrir حزب التحرير Ḥizb at-Taḥrīr	HT	Ata Abu Rashta	-
Muslim Brotherhood in Syria الإخوان المسلمون في سوريا al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun fi Sūrīyā	-	Mohammad Walid	-
Syrian Democratic People's Party حزب الشعب الديمقراطي السوري Ḥizb al-Sha'ab ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-Suriy	-	Ghias Youn al-Soud	Centre-left
Communist Labour Party حزب العمل الشيوعي Ḥizb al-ʿAmal aš-Šuyūʿī	-	Fateh Jamous	-
Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party حزب البعث الديمقراطي العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ba‘th ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-‘Arabī al-Ishtirākī	-	Brahim Makhous	Far-left
Arab Revolutionary Workers Party حزب العمال الثوري العربي Ḥizb al-'Amal al-Thawriy al-‘Arabī	-	Tariq Abu Al-Hassan	Left-wing
Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria الحزب الديمقراطي الكُردستاني في سوريا al-Ḥizb ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-Kurdistānī fi Sūrīyā پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان سووری Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê li Sûriyê	KDPS	Saud Malla	Centre
Assyrian Democratic Organization المنظمة الآثورية الديمقراطية al-Munazamat al-Athuriat ad-Dīymūqrātia ܡܛܟܣܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ Gabo d'Huyodo Suryoyo	ADO	Gabriel Moushe Gawrieh	Centre-left
Syriac Union Party حزب الإتحاد السرياني في سوريا Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād al-Siryanii fi Sūrīyā ܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ Gabo d'Ḥuyodo Suryoyo	SUP	Ishow Gowriye	Left-wing
Democratic Arab Socialist Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي الديمقراطي al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtirākī al-'Arabī ad-Dīmūqrāṭī	ASU	Hassan Abdul Azim	Left-wing
Assyrian Democratic Party الحزب الآشوري الديمقراطي al-Ḥizb al-Ashwry al-Diymuqratiu ܓܒܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ Gaba Aṯuraya Demoqrataya	ADP	Ninos Isho	-
Movement for Justice and Development in Syria حركة العدالة والبناء في سورية Ḥarakat al-'Idalat wal-Bana'a fi Sūrīyā	MJD	Anas Al-Abdah	-

Historical parties in Syria (now defunct)
Party	Acronym	Leader or Chairman	Political positions
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ba‘th al-'Arabī al-Ishtirākī	BAAS	Bashar al-Assad	Far-left
Arab Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي العربي al-Ḥizb al-Shuyu'i al-‘Arabī	-	-	Left-wing
National Bloc الكتلة الوطنية al-Kutlah al-Waṭaniyya	-	Several	Catch-all
National Party حزب الوطني Ḥizb al-Waṭanī	-	Shukri al-Quwatli	Centre-right
People's Party حزب الشعب Ḥizb al-Sha'ab	-	Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad	Centre-right
League of Nationalist Action عصبة العمل القومي 'Usbat al-'Amal al-Qawmi	-	Abderrazak Al-Dandashli	-
Arab National Party الحزب القومي العربي al-Ḥizb al-Qawmi al-‘Arabī	-	Zaki al-Arsuzi	-
Arab Ba'ath Movement حركة البعث العربي Ḥarakat al-Baʽth al-‘Arabī	-	Michel Aflaq Salah al-Din al-Bitar	-
Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي السوري اللبناني al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī as-Sūrī al-Lubnānī	-	Khalid Bakdash	Far-left
Syrian Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي السوري al-Ḥizb aš-Šuyūʿī as-Sūrī	-	Khalid Bakdash	Far-left
Arab Liberation Movement حركة التحرر العربي Ḥarakat at-Taḥrīr al-‘Arabī	-	Adib Shishakli	-
Socialist Cooperation Party حزب التعاون الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ta'awun al-Ishtirākī	-	-
Hizbullah	-	Fawzi al-Qawuqji (founder)	-

References

Syria's New Parties: Modest Goals Against Baath Hold Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Al Akhbar (Lebanon), 18 March 2012

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National Progressive Front	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party pan-Arab organization Syrian Social Nationalist Party Arab Socialist Union Party Socialist Unionist Party Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) Syrian Communist Party (Unified) National Covenant Party Arab Democratic Union Party Democratic Socialist Unionist Party Social Democratic Unionists Arab Socialist Movement
Popular Front for Change and Liberation	People's Will Party
Unrepresented	Democratic People's Party Syrian Turkmen Assembly Syria Turkmen Bloc Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party Arab Revolutionary Workers Party Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria Syriac Union Party Democratic Arab Socialist Union Movement for Justice and Development in Syria Democratic Union Party National Youth Party Kurdish Future Movement Kurdish National Alliance in Syria Reform Party of Syria
Defunct parties	National Bloc National Party National Union People's Party League of Nationalist Action Arab National Party Arab Ba'ath Party Arab Ba'ath Movement Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party Syrian Communist Party Arab Liberation Movement Socialist Cooperation Party Arab Communist Party Communist Labour Party Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction) National Salvation Front in Syria
Banned Islamist parties	Hizb ut-Tahrir Muslim Brotherhood in Syria
Kurdish parties	Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria Democratic Union Party Kurdish National Council Kurdish Supreme Committee Kurdish Future Movement Kurdish National Alliance in Syria Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party
Assyrian parties	Assyrian Democratic Organization Syriac Union Party Assyrian Democratic Party
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