• Building the Syrian State

    September 28, 2012

    Building the Syrian State (BSS) is a political movement that brings together individuals from various ideological backgrounds. It calls for establishing a democratic civil state in Syria.

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  • National Development Party

    January 18, 2012

    The National Development Party is a newly licensed secular political organization that calls for a modern, democratic state within the framework of the rule of law.

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  • National Youth for Justice and Development

    January 14, 2012

    The National Youth for Justice and Development party is a newly licensed, avowedly secular opposition party that aims to politically engage young people in the democratic process, thereby developing a “civilized and democratic nation.”

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  • Syria the Homeland Party

    December 15, 2011

    Syria the Homeland Party is a newly licensed secular opposition party that aims to provide a forum for political expression for “ordinary people” loyal to the Syrian nation and, ultimately, to defend national sovereignty.

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  • The Arab Revolutionary Workers’ Party

    June 6, 2012

    The Arab Revolutionary Workers’ Party is a leftist nationalist party; it is active in the National Democratic Rally and retains a formal presence in the Damascus Declaration.

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  • The Assyrian Democratic Organization

    April 20, 2012

    The Assyrian Democratic Organization is a Christian ethnic nationalist party. It calls for the safeguard of the existence of the Assyrian people and the realization of legitimate nationalistic aspirations.

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  • The Communist Labor Party

    April 10, 2012

    The Communist Labor Party, also known as the Communist Action Party, is a left-wing opposition party. It is a member of the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change, the National Democratic Assembly, and the Marxist Left Assembly.

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  • The Damascus Spring

    April 1, 2012

    The “Damascus Spring” is the name given to period of intense opposition activism and tentative political liberalization that followed the death of Hafez al-Assad in the year 2000. It was characterized by demands for political, legal, and economic reforms, some of which were tentatively introduced before being withdrawn.

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  • The Democratic Arab Socialist Union

    March 20, 2012

    The Democratic Arab Socialist Union is a Nasserist party founded on the pillars of liberty, socialism, and national unity.

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  • The Democratic Socialist Arab Baath Party

    March 10, 2012

    The Democratic Socialist Arab Baath Party is a Marxist Leninist movement created after a purge of the leadership of the ruling Arab Socialist Baath Party.

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  • The Kurdish Democratic Party in Syria (al-Parti)

    February 20, 2012

    The Kurdish Democratic Party in Syria is a secular Kurdish party and founding member of the Kurdish National Council. It is the Syrian affiliate of Massoud Barzani’s Kurdish Democratic Party in Iraq and one of the most powerful Kurdish parties in Syria.

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  • The Kurdish Democratic Union Party

    March 1, 2012

    The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) is a Syrian affiliate of the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). It is one of the most important Kurdish opposition parties in Syria as well as a charter member of the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change.

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  • The Kurdish Future Movement

    February 10, 2012

    The Kurdish Future Movement is a liberal Kurdish opposition party and member of the Syrian National Council. The party calls for a civil, pluralistic, democratic state and for the recognition and participation of the Kurdish people as equal partners in Syria.

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  • The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria

    February 1, 2012

    The Muslim Brotherhood is commonly assumed to be the most powerful and organized force within the Syrian opposition. Nearly eight months after protests began in Syria, the Brotherhood helped co-found the Syrian National Council, of which it is now the main component.

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  • The National Committee for the Unity of Syrian Communists (The Party of the Popular Will)

    January 20, 2012

    The National Committee for the Unity of Syrian Communists (NCUSC), also known as the Party of the Popular Will, is a communist party and founding member of the Popular Front for Change and Liberation and the Coalition of Peaceful Change Forces.

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  • The National Democratic Solidarity Party

    September 11, 2012

    The National Democratic Solidarity Party is a newly licensed secular party that calls for the establishment of a civilized society on the basis of justice, solidarity, and national unity.

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  • The Syrian Democratic People’s Party

    January 10, 2012

    The Syrian Democratic People’s Party (SDPP) is a socialist opposition party; it is part of the National Democratic Assembly and the Damascus Declaration bloc within the Syrian National Council.

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  • The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (al-Intifada)

    January 1, 2012

    The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (al-Intifada) or SSNPI is a secular, social-nationalist party and a founding member of the Popular Front for Change and Liberation and the Coalition of Peaceful Change Forces.

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  • Together for a Free and Democratic Syria

    December 1, 2011

    Together for a Free and Democratic Syria is a small secular movement of Syrian intellectuals within the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change.

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