List of political parties in Syria

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists This article lists political parties in Syria. Under Ba'athist Syria, anyone was allowed to start a new political party, however it could not be founded on an ethnic, religious, regional or tribal basis.

In the 2012 Constitution of Ba'athist Syria, a licensed party must have:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• at least 50 founding members, aged 25 or over,
• who have been Syrian nationals for more than 10 years,
• are not members of any other party, Syrian or non-Syrian.

At the Syrian Revolution Victory Conference on 29 January 2025, all parties in the National Progressive Front associated with the old regime was officially banned by the Syrian caretaker government, who took power in December 2024 following the fall of the Assad regime.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="president">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Political parties and organizations

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Pre-2024 registered parties

Party		Acronym	Leader or Chairman	Political positions
Popular Front for Change and Liberation {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
	People's Will Party حزب الإرادة الشعبية Ḥizb al-ʾIrāda aš-Šaʿbiyya	–	Qadri Jamil	Far-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Syrian Social Nationalist Party – Intifada Wing الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي – جناح الانتفاضة al-Ḥizb al-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-'Ijtimā'ī Intifada	SSNP–I	Ali Haidar	Syncretic
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bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Syrian Revolutionary Left Current	–	–	Far-left
	National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change	–	Hassan Abdel Azim	–
	Solidarity Party	–	–	–
	Arab Democratic Solidarity Party	–	–	–
	Template:Ill	–	Mansour al-Atassi	–
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	Template:Ill	–	Louay Hussein	–
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	Al-Ansar Party	–	–	–
	Democratic Vanguard Party	–	–	–
	National Youth for Justice and Development Party {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	–	Parwin Ibrahim	–
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Syrian National Youth Party {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} 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	Centre to centre-left
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bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Kurdish Future Movement in Syria	–	Mashaal Tammo	Centre
	Yekiti Kurdistan Party – Syria	PYKS	Abdul Baki Yousef	Centre
	Law–Citizenship–Rights Movement	QMH	Haytham Manna	Centre
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic Union Party	PYD	Salih Muslim Asya Abdullah Mazloum Abdi	Left-wing
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Kurdish Democratic Unity Party	PYDKS	Ismail Omar	Centre-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party	PDPKS	Abd al-Hamid Darwish	Centre-left to centre-right
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Syrian National Democratic Alliance	TWDS	Alaedinne Khaled	Left-wing
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Honor and Rights Convention	CDR	Meram Dawud	Left-wing
	Communist Party of Kurdistan	KKP	Mehmet Baran	Far-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Syria's Tomorrow Movement	–	Ahmad Jarba	Centre
	Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Turkey)	MLKP	–	Far-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic Conservative Party	–	Humaydi Daham al-Hadi	Centre-right

Formerly exiled parties

Party		Acronym	Leader or Chairman	Political positions
	Hizb ut-Tahrir حزب التحرير Ḥizb at-Taḥrīr	HT	Ata Abu Rashta	Far-right
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Muslim Brotherhood in Syria الإخوان المسلمون في سوريا al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun fi Sūrīyā	–	Template:Ill	Right-wing
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Syrian Democratic People's Party حزب الشعب الديمقراطي السوري Ḥizb al-Sha'ab ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-Suriy	–	Ghias Youn al-Soud	Centre-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Communist Labour Party حزب العمل الشيوعي Ḥizb al-ʿAmal aš-Šuyūʿī	–	Fateh Jamous	Far-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party حزب البعث الديمقراطي العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ba‘th ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-‘Arabī al-Ishtirākī	–	Ibrahim Makhous	Far-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Arab Revolutionary Workers Party حزب العمال الثوري العربي Ḥizb al-'Amal al-Thawriy al-‘Arabī	–	Tariq Abu Al-Hassan	Left-wing
	National Democratic Rally التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي at-tajammuʻ al-waţanī ad-dīmūqrāţī		Jamal al-Atassi	Left-wing
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	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
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Assyrian Democratic Organization المنظمة الآثورية الديمقراطية al-Munazamat al-Athuriat ad-Dīymūqrātia ܡܛܟܣܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ Mtakasto Othurayto Demoqrotayto	ADO	Gabriel Moushe Gawrieh	Centre-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	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
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic Arab Socialist Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي الديمقراطي al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtirākī al-'Arabī ad-Dīmūqrāṭī	ASU	Hassan Abdul Azim	Left-wing
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Assyrian Democratic Party الحزب الآشوري الديمقراطي al-Ḥizb al-Ashwry al-Diymuqratiu ܓܒܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ Gaba Aṯuraya Demoqrataya	ADP	Ninos Isho	Centre-left
	Movement for Justice and Development in Syria حركة العدالة والبناء في سورية Ḥarakat al-'Idalat wal-Bana'a fi Sūrīyā	MJD	Anas al-Abdah	Centre
	National Salvation Front in Syria جبهة الخلاص الوطني في سوريا Jabhat Al-Khalāṣ Al-Waṭanīy fi Sūrīya	–	Abdul Halim Khaddam	Centre-left
	Reform Party of Syria حزب الاصلاح السوري Ḥizb Al-Iṣlāḥ Al-Sūrīy	–	Farid Ghadry	Centre

Historical parties

National Progressive Front

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Party		Acronym	Leader or Chairman	Political positions
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ba‘th al-'Arabī al-Ishtirākī	BAAS	Bashar al-Assad	Far-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Syrian Social Nationalist Party الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي al-Ḥizb al-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-'Ijtimā'ī	SSNP	Fares al-Saad	Syncretic
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Arab Socialist Movement حركة الاشتراكيين العرب Ḥarakat al-Ishtirakiyeen al-'Arab	–	Omar Adnan al-Alawi	Left-wing
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	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
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) الحزب الشيوعي السوري al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī al-Sūrī	–	Ammar Bakdash	Far-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Syrian Communist Party (Unified) الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد) al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī al-Sūrī (al-Mowahad)	–	Najmuddin al-Kharit	Far-left
	Social Democratic Unionists الوحدويون الديمقراطيون الاجتماعيون al-Wahdawiuyun al-Dimukatiyyun al-Ijtima'iyyun	–	–	Centre-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Socialist Unionist Party حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين al-Wahdawiyyun al-Ishtirakiyyun	–	Fayiz Ismail	Left-wing
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic Socialist Unionist Party الحزب الوحدوي الاشتراكي الديمقراطي al-Ḥizb al-Wahdawi al-Ishtirākī ad-Dīmuqrāṭī	–	Fadlallah Nasreddin	Left-wing
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Arab Democratic Union Party حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād al-‘Arabī ad-Dīmuqrāṭī	–	Iyad Ghassan Osman	Left-wing
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	National Covenant Party حركة العهد الوطني Ḥaraka al-'ahd al-Waṭani	–	Ghassan Othman	Left-wing

Other disbanded parties

Party		Acronym	Leader or Chairman	Political positions
	Arab Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي العربي al-Ḥizb al-Shuyu'i al-‘Arabī	–	–	Far-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	National Bloc الكتلة الوطنية al-Kutlah al-Waṭaniyya	–	Several	Big tent
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	National Party حزب الوطني Ḥizb al-Waṭanī	–	Shukri al-Quwatli	Centre-right
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	People's Party حزب الشعب Ḥizb al-Sha'ab	–	Rushdi al-Kikhya	Centre-right
	League of Nationalist Action عصبة العمل القومي 'Usbat al-'Amal al-Qawmi	–	Abd al-Razzaq al-Dandashi	Far-right
	Arab National Party الحزب القومي العربي al-Ḥizb al-Qawmi al-‘Arabī	–	Zaki al-Arsuzi	Far-right
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Arab Ba'ath Movement حركة البعث العربي Ḥarakat al-Baʽth al-‘Arabī	–	Michel Aflaq Salah al-Din al-Bitar	Left-wing
	Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي السوري اللبناني al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī as-Sūrī al-Lubnānī	–	Khalid Bakdash	Far-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Syrian Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي السوري al-Ḥizb aš-Šuyūʿī as-Sūrī	–	Khalid Bakdash	Far-left
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Arab Liberation Movement حركة التحرر العربي Ḥarakat at-Taḥrīr al-‘Arabī	–	Adib Shishakli	Centre-right
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Socialist Cooperation Party حزب التعاون الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ta'awun al-Ishtirākī	–	Faisal Hekmat Al-Asali	Centre-left

See also

• Politics of Syria
• Lists of political parties