The Syrian Communist Party (Unified) , initially known simply as Syrian Communist Party (الحزب الشيوعي السوري), is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

. The party emerged out of a split in the Syrian Communist Party

Syrian Communist Party

The Syrian Communist Party was a political party in Syria, founded in 1944. It became a member of the National Progressive Front in 1972...

 in 1986, formed by the pro-Perestroika

Perestroika

Perestroika was a political movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during 1980s, widely associated with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev...

 faction led by Yusuf Faisal.

At the time of the 2000 Damascus Spring

Damascus Spring

The Damascus Spring was a period of intense political and social debate in Syria which started after the death of President Hafiz al-Asad in June 2000 and continued to some degree until autumn 2001, when most of the activities associated with it were suppressed by the government.- Background...

the party was able to publish a newspaper called an-Nour ('The Light').

The 11th party congress, held in March 2011, re-elected Hanin Nimir as First Secretary of the party.

External links

• an-Nour