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Democratic Arab Socialist Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي الديمقراطي | |
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| Secretary-General | Hassan Abdul Azim[1] |
| Assistant Secretary General | Mohammad Abdul Majeed Manjuneh[1] |
| Founder | Jamal al-Atassi |
| Founded | 1980 (1980) |
| Split from | Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria |
| Headquarters | Paris,France |
| Ideology | Nasserism Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left toleft-wing |
| National affiliation | National Democratic Rally National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change |
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TheDemocratic Arab Socialist Union (Arabic:الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي الديمقراطي,Al-ittiḥād al-ishtirākī al-'arabī al-dīmūqrāṭī;French:Union arabe socialiste démocratique) (DASU) is aNasseristdemocratic socialistSyrian political party based inParis,France. It was founded in a split of theArab Socialist Union Party of Syria, with Hassan 'Abd al-Azim as its general secretary.[2] The party is the largest of the opposition parties, but has a 'soft' approach in its opposition.[3]
AfterHafez al-Assad took power in 1970, the ASU entered into negotiations about a coalition government, and agreed to join theNational Progressive Front (NPF) in 1972. The year after, however, the party split over the adoption of a Syrian constitution in which theBa'ath was proclaimed the "leading party" of the country. One minor faction under Fawzi Kiyali accepted the constitution, and retained both the ASU name and the NPF membership, while most members followed party leaderJamal al-Atassi into opposition, by renaming themselves theDemocratic Arab Socialist Union (DASU). Hassan Abdelazim succeeded Jamal al-Atassi after his death in 2000.[3]
Hassan Ismail Abdelazim was arrested by the Syrian authorities in May 2011 as a crackdown on opposition forces in Syria,[4] but he was quickly released.[5][6]
TheDASU is part of theNational Democratic Rally coalition (Arabic:التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي,Al-tajammuʻ al-waṭanī al-dīmūqrāṭī). The party is one of the largest in the coalition, and has a historic rivalry with other most major party in the group, theSyrian Democratic People's Party. This rivalry would cripple the front.[5]
On June 30, 2011, DASU, along with other parties, established theThe National Coordination Bureau for the Forces of Democratic Change with several other opposition parties, most of which were in the NBC with it.[5]
TheDASU party had some of the executives of the NBC including:[5]
It is unknown what has happened to the Democratic Arab Socialist Union since the fall ofAssad's regime.
