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
National Progressive Front:
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Arab Socialist Movement
Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria
Syrian Communist Party (Khalid Bakdash faction)
Syrian Communist Party (Yusuf Faisal faction)
Social Democratic Unionists
Socialist Unionists
Democratic Socialist Unionist Party
Arabic Democratic Unionist Party
National Vow Movement
Popular Front for Change and Liberation
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
People's Will Party
Other registered parties (as of 19 June 2012):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
Syrian National Youth Party
Syria Homeland Party (Souriya Al-Watan)
People's Party
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.
Unlicensed parties or campaigning organisations operating in Syria or from exile include:
Hizb ut-Tahrir
Muslim Brotherhood of Syria
Syrian Democratic People's Party
Communist Labour Party
Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party
Arab Revolutionary Workers Party
Muslim Brotherhood of Syria
Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
Assyrian Democratic Organization
Syriac Union
Democratic Arab Socialist Union
Assyrian Democratic Party
Movement for Justice and Development in Syria
Historical parties in Syria (now defunct):
Arab Communist Party
National Bloc
National Party
People's Party
League of Nationalist Action
Arab National Party
Arab Ba'ath Movement
Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party
Syrian Communist Party
Arab Liberation Movement
Socialist Cooperation Party
