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1st Ordinary Congress of the SSNP | Feb. 2023

Al-Binaa News. February 2023

Damascus. The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) has convened its first Ordinary Congress in Damascus, Greater Syria, to "unite all of the parties disparate forces and make fundamental changes desired by all Social Nationalists in the new Syria", according to an official statement from the party centre.

Today, the cast of characters in the SSNP leadership remains largely the same as in previous years. President Rabie Noureddine Banat has served as the uncontested leader of Greater Syria since the October 2022 parliamentary elections, wherein Banat and his Markaz (centre) faction roundly defeated revolutionary leader Ali Haidar and the centrist United National Front Al-Mutahida. Despite his electoral setback, Haidar remains a popular figure in the party. The supporters of Assaad Hardan, who was tragically assassinated during last year's election, have also preserved the semblance of a party group, though their membership has dwindled in the aftermath of the attack on Hardan and his Ultra-Sa'ada Hardan faction.

In addition to the main figures, namely Banat and Haidar, the July 8th Movement continues to push for internal and programmatic reform. The movement originally emerged from within Markaz in 2016. The former party presidents Faris Saad and Hanna al-Nashef are prominently involved. Rabi Zeineddine, Yousef Zidan, and Tammuz Qanayzeh are among its other notable members. In the city of Tripoli in 2018, it officially declared itself as the Social Nationalist Renaissance Movement and stated its aim was to reform and unify the party and end all external influence. After the revolution, the July 8th Movement played a minor role in the new Greater Syria, though its reformist supporters largely backed Haidar and Al-Mutahida in the confrontation with Banat.

However, the primary impetus of the July 8th Movement's activities remains, in part, the resolution of all party factionalism. It is to this end, among others, that the 1st Ordinary Party Congress of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party has been called. Starting today and over the course of two or more weeks, the heads of all the factions, as well as representatives from all the governorates and autonomous regions, will discuss key issues affecting the party and the nation. In broad outline, the Congress aims: (1) to reconcile the factions, predominantly Markaz and Mutahida, and (2) to chart a course for the renewal of the Social Nationalist movement and Antoun Sa'adeh's vision for a Greater Syria. The anticipated fruits of this endeavor are nothing less than a comprehensive vision and strategy for the next 10-20 years in the areas of economic development, internal security, foreign policy, and defense.

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