Arab Socialist Movement
حركة الاشتراكيين العرب
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| Leader | Omar Adnan al-Alawi |
| Founder | Akram al-Hawrani |
| Founded | 5 January 1950 (5 January 1950) (original Arab Socialist Movement) |
| Split from | Arab Socialist Movement |
| Headquarters | Damascus, Syria |
| Ideology | Arab socialism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism Ba'athism[1] |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | National Progressive Front |
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The Arab Socialist Movement's Damascus branch is a Syrian political party that operates from Damascus. It originated as faction of the Arab Socialist Movement, a party which broke apart in the 1960s, and continues to claim the original party's name and legacy. The Damascus branch is headed by Abdul-Ghani Qannout, and joined the Ba'ath Party-led National Progressive Front government in 1972[2][3] and has continued to support the al-Assad family's rule in Syria ever since.[1] After Abdul-Ghani Qannout died in 2001, Ahmad al-Ahmad became the new secretary general; under him, the party continued its pro-government course, even during the Syrian Civil War.[1] Amid the conflict's civil uprising phase, the Arab Socialist Movement's Damascus branch organised pro-government rallies.[4] When the uprising escalated into a full insurgency, members of the party organised pro-government militias. Assistant secretary general Omar Adnan al-Alawi headed the National Defence Forces' Deir ez-Zor branch during part of the siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–17), and was wounded in combat.[1] A member of the party's political office, Turki Albu Hamad, played a leading role in founding the "Forces of the Fighters of the Tribes" militia.[1]
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