Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ? Lebanon Region

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Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ? Lebanon Region

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Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ? Lebanon Region ??? ????? ?????? ????????? ?? ?????
Leader	Ali Hijazi
Founded	1953 ; 71 years ago
Headquarters	Beirut
Ideology	Neo-Ba'athism ; Socialism ; Secularism ; Assadism ;
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	March 8 Alliance
International affiliation	Syrian-led Ba'ath Party
Colors	Black, Red, White and Green ( Pan-Arab colors )
Parliamentary bloc	Development and Liberation
Parliament of Lebanon	1 / 128
Cabinet of Lebanon	0 / 24
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The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ? Lebanon Region , commonly known as the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Lebanon ( Arabic : ??? ????? ?????? ????????? ?? ????? ?izb al-Ba‘th al-‘Arab? al-Ishtir?k? f? Lubn?n ) and officially the Lebanon Regional Branch , is a political party in Lebanon . It is the regional branch of the Damascus -based Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party . The leadership has been disputed since 2015; however, Fayez Shukr was the party leader from 2006 to 2015, when he succeeded Sayf al-Din Ghazi, who succeeded Assem Qanso .

History [ edit ]

The Lebanese branch of the undivided Ba'ath Party was formed in 1949?1950. ^[2] Assem Qanso is the longest-serving secretary (leader) of the Lebanese Ba'ath Party; ^[3] first from 1971 to 1989 and again from 2000 to 2005. ^[4] In 1953 it merged with Arab Socialist Party headed by Akram Hourani, and the current title was adopted. ^[2] One of its secretary generals was Abdallah Al Amin, headquartered in Beirut. ^[2]

Lebanese Civil War [ edit ]

During the start of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975, the party had an armed militia, the Assad Battalion, of some 2,000 armed men. ^[5] The party joined forces with Kamal Jumblatt 's Progressive Socialist Party in organizing the Lebanese National Movement , seeking to abolish the confessional state. ^[6] The Lebanese National Movement was later superseded by the Lebanese National Resistance Front , in which the party participated. ^[6] The party organized resistance against Israeli forces in Lebanon. ^[6] In July 1987, it took part in forming yet another front, the Unification and Liberation Front. ^[6]

Post-War [ edit ]

In the 2009 parliamentary election , the party won two seats as part of the March 8 Alliance . The parliamentarians of the party are Assem Qanso and Qassem Hashem. ^[7]

The Lebanese Ba'ath Party is also militarily involved in the Syrian Civil War and has sent forces under its control to aid Bashar al-Assad 's government against the Syrian opposition . One contingent, allegedly 400 fighters strong, took part in the Daraa offensive (June 2017) . ^[8] Its commander, Hussein Ali Rabiha from Nabatieh , was killed during this operation. ^[9]

Before the 2018 Lebanese general election , the Lebanese Ba'ath Party had suffered a split, with Regional Secretary Assem Qanso and Numan Shalq heading in different directions. ^[10] Both factions had nominated candidates for the elections, but none was accepted into a list and were thus eliminated from the polls. Reportedly, the Syrian ambassador, Ali Abdul Karim , had lobbied against any list accepting Qanso's candidates, as his group is not recognized from Damascus. A Baathist politician, Kassem Hachem , was included in a list in South III as Amal candidate, but not on behalf of the party. Former Regional Secretary Fayez Shukr headed a list in Bekaa III. ^[11] On 7 April 2019, the Lebanese Ba'ath Party and other parties staged pro-Syrian demonstrations in Beirut; this was the "first such show of its kind" since 2005. ^[12]

Party leaders [ edit ]

Mahmoud Baydoun (1966?1969)
Magali Nasrawin (1969?1971)
Assem Qanso (1971?1989)
Abdallah Al Amin (1989?1993)
Abdallah Chahal (1993?1996)
Sayf al-Din Ghazi (1996?2000)
Assem Qanso (2000?2005)
Sayf al-Din Ghazi (2005?2006)
Fayez Shukr (2006?2015)
Abdul Mou'in Ghazi (2015?2016)
Suheil Qassar (2016)
Nu'man Shalaq (2016?2021)
Ali Hijazi (2021?present)

Legislative elections [ edit ]

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/?	Leader
House of Representatives
1992	???? (#6)	???	2 / 128	2	Abdallah Al Amin
1996	???? (#5)	???	2 / 128	2	Abdallah Chahal
2000	???? (#5)	???	3 / 128	1	Sayf al-Din Ghazi
2005	???? (#7)	???	1 / 128	2	Assem Qanso
2009	???? (#7)	???	2 / 128	1	Fayez Shukr
2018	88,268	4.72	1 / 128	1	Disputed
2022	10,215	???	1 / 128	1	Ali Hijazi

References [ edit ]

^ I. Dawisha, Adeed (1980). "3: External and Internal Setting". Syria and the Lebanese Crisis . London, UK: Macmillan Press Ltd. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-349-05373-5 . The change has been particularly marked under Asad. He has created a fairly popular Presidential regime: radical left, the most advanced socialist regime in the Arab world, it is progressively widening the frame to include more peasants and labourers.
^ ^a ^b ^c David Seddon (2004). A political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East . London; New York: Europa Publications. p. 85 . ISBN 1-85743-212-6 .
^ "The future of Syria's pawns in Lebanon" . www.lebanonwire.com . Retrieved 23 December 2014 .
^ The Soviet Union and the Middle East . Vol. 8. Indiana University. 1983. p. 20 .
^ Syria: A Country Study . Kessinger Publishing. 2004. p. 282 . ISBN 978-1-4191-5022-7 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Edgar O'Ballance (1998). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975?92 . Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 62, 149, 179 . ISBN 0-312-21593-2 .
^ "March14 ? March 8 MPs" . NOW Lebanon. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011 . Retrieved 24 October 2011 .
^ "The Lebanese Baath Party Announces The Death Of Its Leader In Daraa" . Wasioun News . 6 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019 . Retrieved 14 August 2019 .
^ "Militias of Lebanese Baath party Along with the Assad forces in the battles of Daraa" . Needa . 15 June 2017. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019 . Retrieved 14 August 2019 .
^ ?????? ??? ????? ??????? ?????? . khiyam.com (in Arabic). 8 January 2017.
^ ??? - ??? ????? ???? ?????? ????????? .. ??? ????? ???????? . alkalimaonline.com (in Arabic). 7 April 2018. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018 . Retrieved 14 January 2020 .
^ Sami Moubayed (14 April 2019). "Syria political influence beats the odds, again, in Lebanon" . Arab Weekly . Retrieved 23 February 2021 .

External links [ edit ]

[Far-left_political_position-1] I. Dawisha, Adeed (1980). "3: External and Internal Setting". Syria and the Lebanese Crisis . London, UK: Macmillan Press Ltd. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-349-05373-5 . The change has been particularly marked under Asad. He has created a fairly popular Presidential regime: radical left, the most advanced socialist regime in the Arab world, it is progressively widening the frame to include more peasants and labourers.

[sed-2] David Seddon (2004). A political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East . London; New York: Europa Publications. p. 85 . ISBN 1-85743-212-6 .

[3] "The future of Syria's pawns in Lebanon" . www.lebanonwire.com . Retrieved 23 December 2014 .

[4] The Soviet Union and the Middle East . Vol. 8. Indiana University. 1983. p. 20 .

[5] Syria: A Country Study . Kessinger Publishing. 2004. p. 282 . ISBN 978-1-4191-5022-7 .

[edgar-6] Edgar O'Ballance (1998). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975?92 . Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 62, 149, 179 . ISBN 0-312-21593-2 .

[7] "March14 ? March 8 MPs" . NOW Lebanon. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011 . Retrieved 24 October 2011 .

[8] "The Lebanese Baath Party Announces The Death Of Its Leader In Daraa" . Wasioun News . 6 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019 . Retrieved 14 August 2019 .

[9] "Militias of Lebanese Baath party Along with the Assad forces in the battles of Daraa" . Needa . 15 June 2017. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019 . Retrieved 14 August 2019 .

[10] ?????? ??? ????? ??????? ?????? . khiyam.com (in Arabic). 8 January 2017.

[11] ??? - ??? ????? ???? ?????? ????????? .. ??? ????? ???????? . alkalimaonline.com (in Arabic). 7 April 2018. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018 . Retrieved 14 January 2020 .

[12] Sami Moubayed (14 April 2019). "Syria political influence beats the odds, again, in Lebanon" . Arab Weekly . Retrieved 23 February 2021 .

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