The Syrian Communist Party evolved out of the Syrian-Lebanese Communist Party founded in 1924. SCP later went through aseries of splits. Currently there are three groups calling themselves the Syrian Communist Party (SCP). Two, sometimes referred to as the Syrian Communist Party [Bagdash] and the Syrian Communist Party [Faisal], are part of the governing National Progressive Front; the third, the Syrian Communist Party (Political Bureau) of Riyad al-Turk, is part of the opposition National Democratic Rally. 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Timeline
1924: Syrian Communist Party formed
1954: Khalid Bagdash is the first communist to be elected to a Middle Eastern parliament.
1973: "Political Bureau" group splits and forms separate party
1986: Split led by Bakdash, forming third communist party
1987: The SCP (Bagdash) is the second-largest legal political party in Syria. [1] (http://countrystudies.us/syria/55.htm)
2004: The 80th anniversary of the foundation of the original SCP. [2] (http://www.mltoday.com/Pages/CPs/SyrianCP-CC.html)
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The Syrian Arab Republic or Syria is a country in the Middle East, bordering (from south to north) on Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. ...
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An-Nour (http://www.an-nour.com/), publication of the SCP (Faisal), in Arabic
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Interference from the Syrian Ba'athists and disputes between the moderates and extremists, culminating in an attempted coup by the latter in Nov., 1963, served to discredit the extremists.
Other socialist parties accepting the basic orientation of the regime were permitted to operate again, and in 1973 the National Progressive Front was established as a coalition of the legal parties; the Baath remained firmly in control.
In Lebanon the party is led by Assem Qanso, a Shiite worker of Kurdish descent.
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