National Covenant Party Haraka al-'ahd al-waTani حركة العهد الوطني | |
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| Secretary General | Ghassan Othman[1][better source needed] |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Banned | 29 January 2025; 9 months ago (2025-01-29)[2][3] |
| Split from | Arab Socialist Movement |
| Ideology | Arab nationalism[1][better source needed] Arab socialism[1][better source needed] Pan-Arabism |
| National affiliation | National Progressive Front (until 2024) |
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TheNational Covenant Party (Arabic:حركة العهد الوطني,Haraka al-'ahd al-waTani) was apolitical party inSyria. During theBa'athist era, it was part of theNational Progressive Front (NPF) of parties that supported the rulingBa'ath Party.
The party was originally licensed as theArab Socialist Party in 1951. Syrian political activist,Akram Hourani, was the party's secretary general. The party was a founding member of the NPF in 1972. In 2004 the party changed its name to theNational Covenant Party.
Following thefall of the Assad regime, the party published a statement onFacebook endorsing theSyrian transitional government and celebrating "Syria's freedom from tyranny".[4] An additional post adopted theSyrian opposition flag.[5] Despite this, the party along with the NPF was dissolved by theSyrian caretaker government on 29 January 2025.[6]
The party believed inArab nationalism, the objective of the party is to promoteSyrian national unity and social peace on democratic foundations based on political, economic and social pluralism and participation of all in decision-making.[7]
| Election | Seats | +/– |
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| 2007 | 3 / 250 | New |
| 2012 | 3 / 250 |  0 |
| 2016 | 1 / 250 |  2 |
| 2020 | 2 / 250 |  1 |
| 2024 | 2 / 250 | 0 |
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