Syrian Social National Party
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Syrian Social Nationalist Party
الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي Parti social nationaliste syrien (PSNS) |
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| General Secretary |
Ali Qanso (Lebanon) Ali Haidar (Syria) |
| Founder | Antoun Saadeh |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Newspaper | Al-Binaa |
| Armed wing | Eagles of the Whirlwind |
| Ideology |
Syrian nationalism Secularism Anti-Zionism Historical: Pan-Syrianism Corporatism Anti-communism Fascism |
| Political position | pro-Bashar al-Assad Historical: Third position |
| National affiliation | March 8 Alliance (Lebanon) |
| Colours | Black, Red, White |
| People's Council |
7 / 250
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| Cabinet of Syria |
2 / 35
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| Parliament of Lebanon |
2 / 128
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| Cabinet of Lebanon |
1 / 30
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
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| Participant in Lebanese civil war (1975–1990) | |
| Active | present |
| Groups | Lebanese National Movement (LNM), Lebanese National Resistance Front (LNRF) |
| Leaders | Inaam Raad, Abdallah Saadeh, Isaam Al Mahayri |
| Headquarters | Hamra Street (Beirut), Amioun, (North Lebanon) Dhour El Choueir (Mount Lebanon) |
| Size | 10,000 fighters |
| Allies | Lebanese National Resistance Front, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Lebanese Communist Party, Communist Action Organization in Lebanon, Lebanese National Movement, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Progressive Socialist Party, Syrian Army, Hezbollah, Amal Movement, Al-Murabitoun |
| Opponents | Lebanese Forces, Tigers Militia, Kataeb Party, Guardians of the Cedars, Israel Defense Forces, South Lebanon Army, Islamic Unification Movement, Future Movement |
The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) (Arabic: الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي, transliterated: Al-Ḥizb Al-Sūrī Al-Qawmī Al-'Ijtimā'ī, often referred to in French as Parti populaire syrien or Parti social nationaliste syrien), is a nationalist political party operating in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Palestine. It advocates the establishment of a Syrian nation state spanning the Fertile Crescent, including present day Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Cyprus, Sinai, southeastern Turkey (Alexandrette and Cilicia), based on geographical boundaries and the common history people within the boundaries share.
With over 100,000 members, it is the second largest legal political group in Syria after the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, In Lebanon, it has been a major secular and highly organised elite party in the political history of the country for over 80 years. Until recent times it was a key group in the March 8 Alliance.
Founded in Beirut in 1932 as an anticolonial and national liberation organization hostile to French colonialism, the party played a significant role in Lebanese politics and was involved in attempted coups d'etat in 1949 and 1961 following which it was thoroughly repressed. It was active in resistance against the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and the subsequent occupation of southern Lebanon until 2000 while continuously supporting the Syrian presence in Lebanon out of both belief in Syrian irredentism but also due to the decades-long repression it endured at the hands of the Baath Party in Syria. In Syria, the SSNP had become a major Right-wing political force in the early 1950s, but was thoroughly repressed in 1955-56. It remained organized, and by the late 1960s had joined the Left and allied itself with the PLO and the Lebanese Communist Party, despite the ideological rivalry that persists among them. In 2005, it was legalized in Syria and joined the Ba'ath Party-led National Progressive Front. From 2012 to 6 May 2014, the party was part of the Popular Front for Change and Liberation.
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