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Reform Party of Syria

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Leader
  
Farid Ghadry

Founded
  
October 2001 (in Washington, D.C., United States)

Headquarters
  
Washington, D.C., United States

The Reform Party of Syria (Arabic: حزب الاصلاح السوري‎‎ Ḥizb Al-Iṣlāḥ Al-Sūrīy), or RPS is a Syrian political party and lobby group based in the United States that was active in the mid to late 2000s. Its leader Farid Ghadry is a United States citizen and has been described as "controversial" by Al Jazeera. The RPS claims to have been formed in response to 9/11. It is a member of fellow lobbying organization the Coalition Against Terrorist Media.

WikiLeaks cables released revealed that Ghadry and his organization were viewed as "unwelcome" by Riad Seif, and a Syrian member of parliament described Ghadry as not being a "major figure", and was perplexed by U.S. backing of him. Similarly Haitham al-Maleh, who would later become a senior figure in the Syrian National Council, viewed Ghadry as an "opportunist".

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Reform Party of Syria Wikipedia