Assyrian Democratic Party (Syria)
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Assyrian Democratic Party
ܓܒܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ الحزب الآشوري الديمقراطي |
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| President | Ninos Isho |
| Founder | Adam Homeh |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Split from | Assyrian Democratic Organization |
| Headquarters | Qamishli, Syria |
| Paramilitary wing | Khabour Guards, Nattoreh |
| Ideology |
Eastern Assyrian interests Syrian-Assyrian self-determination Christian politics Democracy |
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The Assyrian Democratic Party (Syriac: ܓܒܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ, translit. Gabā Aṯurāyā Demoqraṭāyā, Arabic: الحزب الآشوري الديمقراطي; short: ADP) is a small Assyrian political party active in Syria, that traditionally represents the interests of the Eastern Assyrians of the Khabur valley. Although aiming for the peaceful implementation of democracy in Syria, the party has generally sided and cooperated with the Ba'athist government since the 1990s. In course of the Syrian Civil War, the Assyrian Democratic Party has come to be closely affiliated with the Khabour Guards and Nattoreh.
Since its foundation, the Assyrian Democratic Party has been considered to be "overtly sectarian", regarding the Eastern Assyrians as the only "true" Assyrians while distrusting the Western Assyrians. Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, the party has however gradually broadened its aims and become more inclusive. In 2014 it began to work closely with other Assyrian and Christian denominations in the "General Authority of the Chaldean Syriac Assyrians", a committee whose stated aims also include ensuring social equality and more rights for all Christians of al-Hasakah Governorate. In 2017, the party declared that it wanted a new constitution for Syria that recognized all Assyrians as native people of Syria and granted them "cultural, administrative and other rights".
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