List of political parties in the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

This is a list of political parties in the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has a political system based on direct democratic and multi-party aspirations, with different levels of government: Self-governing municipalities and communes, self-governing autonomous regions and provinces, and the autonomous region as a whole.

There have been two elections in the region so far, one for the communes/municipalities and one for regions/provinces in 2017, while the third federation-level election for the Syrian Democratic Council was delayed.

Political parties in Rojava

Parties

The following parties are represented either in the Syrian Democratic Assembly as of September 2016 or in cantonal parliaments:^[3]

Party			Alliance					Members in				Political Position
Abbr.	Name		Abbr.	Name		W	Leader	FC	FA	Cantons	Members	(Ideology)
QMH		Law–Citizenship–Rights Movement Wheat Wave Movement Teyar El-Qemih	?		?	?	Haytham Manna	1	3	?	?	Secularism Nonsectarianism
SUP		Syriac Union Party	TEV-DEM		Movement for a Democratic Society	[1]	Ishow Gowriye	1	3	?	?	Assyrian/Syriac Interests Syrian federalism Dawronoye^[4]
TWDS		Syrian National Democratic Alliance Syrian National Democratic Coalition			?	[2]	Alaeddine Khaled	1	4	?	?	Pluralist democracy Feminism Democratic confederalism
CDR		Honor and Rights Convention				?	Meram Dawûd	1	2	?	?	Secularism Democratic confederalism Communalism
YS		Kongreya Star	TEV-DEM		Movement for a Democratic Society	[3]	Rojîn Remo	1	1	?	?	Democracy Feminism
ANC		Arab National Coalition	?		?	?	Ehmed El-Hebîb	1	1	?	?	Arab Interests
PDK-S		Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria	ENKS		Kurdish National Council	[4]	Saud Malla	1	1	?	?	Kurdish nationalism Kurdish autonomy Liberal democracy Traditionalism
PYD		Democratic Union Party	TEV-DEM		Movement for a Democratic Society	[5]	Salih Muslim Asya Abdullah	0	3	?	?	Democratic confederalism Libertarian socialism Jineology Communalism
SDS		Syrian Democratic Society	TM		Syria's Tomorrow Movement Tayar Alghad Alsoury	[6]	Ziyad El-Asî	0	1	?	?	Pluralist democracy
DM		Democratic Modernity Party				?	Ebilqadir El-Miwehed	0	1	?	?	led by Fîras Qesas
PB-ASD		Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party Democratic Socialist Party	KDCK		Assembly for Democracy and the Left	?	Brahim Makhous	0	1	?	?	Neo-Ba'athism Democratic socialism Jadidism Anti-Assadism
LPSK		Left Party of Syrian Kurds	KDCK		Assembly for Democracy and the Left	?	Mihmedê Mûsê	0	1	?	?	Centre-left Kurdish Nationalism
ANC		Arab National Coalition			?	?	Hikmet Hebîb	0	1	?	?	Arab Interests Regionalism
KDPP / PDPKS		Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party					Abd al-Hamid Darwish	0	1	?	?	Federalism Kurdish nationalism Socialism
ADP		Assyrian Democratic Party					Ninos Isho	0	1	?	?	Eastern Assyrian interests Syrian-Assyrian self-determination Christian politics Social democracy
PADK		Kurdistan Democratic Peace Party	TEV-DEM		Movement for a Democratic Society		Talal Muhammad (Abduselam Mihemed)	0	1	?	?	Democratic confederalism Communalism
DT		Democratic Transformation Party					Mizgîn Zêdan	0	1	?	?	?
PYLK		Kurdistan Liberal Union Party	TEV-DEM		Movement for a Democratic Society		Ferhad Têlo	0	1	?	?	?
Wifaq		Kurdish Democratic Accord Party Al Wifaq Party	HNKS		Kurdish National Alliance in Syria	?	Fewzî Şengalî	0	1	?	?	Centre-right Kurdish Nationalism
Îslah		Syrian Reform Movement Al-Îslah Party	HNKS		Kurdish National Alliance in Syria	?	Emcet Osman	0	1	?	?	Reformism
Êzîdî		Yazidi House Mala Êzîdiyan				?	Faris Eto Şemo	0	1	?	?	Yazidi Interests
SNC		Syriac National Council				?	Bassam Said Ishak	0	1	?	?	Assyrian Interests
PI		Patriotic Initiative	HNKS		Kurdish National Alliance in Syria		Cebel El-Ereb	0	1	?	?	Populism
Total								9*	43*	?	?

Notes: * including independents

Minor parties

The following groups or parties are not represented at either the cantonal or federal level (but may hold positions in municipal parliaments).

Party			Alliance					Political Position
Abbr.	Name		Abbr.	Name		W	Leader	(Ideology)
KOM		Communist Party of Kurdistan	TEV-DEM		Movement for a Democratic Society			Communism Left-wing Anti-capitalism
KNK		National Assembly of Kurdistan	TEV-DEM		Movement for a Democratic Society			Left-wing
N-PDKS		New Kurdistan Democratic Party in Syria	TEV-DEM		Movement for a Democratic Society			Left-wing
KESK		Green Party of Kurdistan	KDCK		Assembly for Democracy and the Left	?	?	Environmentalism
PGD		Change Party Democratic Change Party	KDCK		Assembly for Democracy and the Left	?	?	Progressivism
KED		Kurdistan Workers Party	KDCK		Assembly for Democracy and the Left	?	?	Trade Unionism
PCKS		Kurdish Left Party	KDCK		Assembly for Democracy and the Left	?	?	Left-wing
TNK		Booster Movement of Kurdistan	KDCK		Assembly for Democracy and the Left	?	?	Left-wing
PYDKS		Kurdish Democratic Unity Party	HNKS		Kurdish National Alliance in Syria	Website [1] Website [2] Website [3]	Şêx Alî (Sheikh Ali)^[5]	Liberalism Secularism Kurdish nationalism Federalism
PDKSI		Kurdish Democratic Party in Syria	HNKS		Kurdish National Alliance in Syria	?	Nesiredîn Îberahîm	?
PYÇŞ		Yekiti Kurdistan Party – Syria ("The First Party with four branches") Partiya Yeketî bi çar şaxên wê	ENKS		Kurdish National Council	?	?	Kurdish nationalism Traditionalism
ŞPKS		Kurdish Future Movement in Syria	ENKS		Kurdish National Council	[7]	Siamend Hajo	Kurdish nationalism Liberalism
PYDK		Kurdistan Democratic Union Party	ENKS		Kurdish National Council	[8]	Faslah Youssef (فصلة يوسف, elected March 8–9, 2019)^[6]
TAA		Syria's Tomorrow Movement	TM		Syria's Tomorrow Movement	[9]	Fouad Humeira Ahmad Jarba	Pluralist democracy Liberal democracy Secularism
SRLC		Syrian Revolutionary Left Current	TWDS		Syrian National Democratic Alliance			Trotskyism Democratic socialism Participatory democracy Secularism
MLKP Rojava		Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Rojava)^[7]	HBDH		Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement			Hoxhaism Anti-Revisionism
TKEP/L		Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist^[8]	HBDH		Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement			Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
TKP/ML		Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist^[9]	HBDH		Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement			Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
ADO		Assyrian Democratic Organization					Gabriel Moushe Gawrieh	Assyrian Interests
DCP		Democratic Conservative Party				[10]		Conservatism Economic liberalism Anti-racism

Relative importance of the five party alliances


Party	Number of elected representatives at the federal, cantonal and communal levels
TEV-DEM	8
HNKS	3
KDCK	2
ENKS	2
TM	1

Historical parties and alliances

Historical parties

Name	Ideology	Active	Continued as
Mustafa Khidr Oso's Kurdish Freedom Party in Syria	Kurdish Nationalism	2014	Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
Mustafa Juma's Kurdish Freedom Party in Syria	Kurdish Nationalism	2014	Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
Kurdish Democratic Political Union	Kurdish Nationalism	2013	Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
Kurdish Union Party in Syria (PYKS)	Kurdish Nationalism	2012
Syrian National Resistance (SNR)	Syrian nationalism, Anti-Turkism, democracy	2016–17	dissolved

Historical alliances

Name	Ideology	Active	Continued as
Kurdish Supreme Committee	Kurdish Nationalism	2013	discontinued

Names in the national languages

Abbr.	Party	Northern Kurdish (Latin script)	Arabic	Syriac	Romanized Arabic
QMH	Wheat Wave Movement	Tevgera Hiqûq - Hemwelatîbûyîn - Mafan	تيار قمح	?	Teyar El-Qemih
SUP	Syriac Union Party	Partiya Yekîtiya Suryanî	حزب الإتحاد السرياني في سورية	ܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܒܣܘܪܝܐ
TWDS	Syrian National Democratic Alliance	Koalisyona Niştîmanî Demokratî Sûrî	التحالف الوطني الديمقراطي السوري	?	?
CDR	Honor and Rights Convention	Kombûna Rûmet û Mafnasiyê	تجمع عهد الكرامة والحقوق	?	?
YS	Yekîtiya Star	Yekîtiya Star	?	?
ANC	Arab National Coalition	Desteya Niştîmanî ya Erebî	?		?
PDK-S	Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria	Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê li Sûriyê	حزب الديمقراطي کوردستان في سوريا
PYD	Democratic Union Party	Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat	حزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي	?
SDS	Syrian Democratic Society	Kombûna Demokratîk a Sûriyeyê
PB-ASD	Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party	Partiya Baas Demokratîk Sosyalîsa El-Erebî	حزب البعث الديمقراطي العربي الاشتراكي		?
DM	Syrian Democratic Society	Partiya Modern û Demokratîk
ADO	Assyrian Democratic Organisation		المنظمة الآثورية الديمقراطية	ܡܛܟܣܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ
ADP	Assyrian Democratic Party	Partiya Asûrî ya Demokratîk
TAA	Syria's Tomorrow Movement		تيار الغد السوري		Tayar Alghad Alsoury
PDPKS	Progressive Democratic Party	Partiya Demokrata Pêşverû ya Kurd li Sûriyê	?	?
PYDKS	Kurdish Democratic Unity Party	Partiya Yekîtîya Demokrat a Kurd li Sûriyê	حزب الوحدة الديمقراطي الكردي في سوريا	?	Hizb alwahdat aldiymuqratiu alkurdiu fi Suria
PYKS	Kurdish Union Party in Syria	Partiya Yekîtî ya Kurd li Sûriyê	?	?
PÇKS	Left Party of Syrian Kurds	Partiya Çepa Kurdî li Surîyê	?	?
PÇDKS	Kurdish Left Party	Partiya Çepa Demokrata Kurdî li Suriyê	?	?
ŞPKS	Kurdish Future Movement in Syria	Şepêla Pêşeroja Kurdî li Suriyê	?	?
PAK	Kurdish Freedom Party	Partiya Azadî Kurdî li Sûriya	?	?
PADK	Kurdistan Democratic Peace Party	Partîya Aştîya Demokrat ya Kurdistanê	حزب السلام الديمقراطي الكردستاني

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Notes

Bibliography

The Carter Center (27 February 2017). "Foreign Volunteers for the Syrian Kurdish Forces" (PDF). Atlanta: Carter Center. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

References

^ Social Contract of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of the North and East Syria Region, December 2023, Wikidata Q135457503, archived from the original on 24 July 2025
^ ^a ^b Beyond the frontlines – The building of the democratic system in North and East Syria (PDF), Rojava Information Center, 19 December 2019, Wikidata Q136529807, archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2025
^ "Executive Board of Democratic Syria Assembly elected". Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê. 13 December 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
^ The Revolutionaries of Bethnahrin | Warscapes
^ "PYDKS - Rêxistina Amûdê". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
^ "Kurdistan Yekiti Party congratulates Kurdistan Union Party success of its conference". 20 March 2019.
^ "Interview with MLKP Rojava". look left. 22 December 2016.
^ "TKEP-L Rojava'da merkez açtı". Hawar Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
^ The Carter Center (2017), p. 2.
^ "Navên ku Desteya Siyasî ya Meclîsa Sûriyeya Demokratîk pêk tînin aşkera bûn". Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

External links

Syrian Democratic Assembly

[RojavaInfoCenter_2023_social_contract-1] Social Contract of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of the North and East Syria Region, December 2023, Wikidata Q135457503, archived from the original on 24 July 2025

[RIC_beyond_frontlines-2] Beyond the frontlines – The building of the democratic system in North and East Syria (PDF), Rojava Information Center, 19 December 2019, Wikidata Q136529807, archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2025

[3] "Executive Board of Democratic Syria Assembly elected". Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê. 13 December 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

[4] The Revolutionaries of Bethnahrin | Warscapes

[5] "PYDKS - Rêxistina Amûdê". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.

[6] "Kurdistan Yekiti Party congratulates Kurdistan Union Party success of its conference". 20 March 2019.

[7] "Interview with MLKP Rojava". look left. 22 December 2016.

[8] "TKEP-L Rojava'da merkez açtı". Hawar Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

[FOOTNOTEThe_Carter_Center20172-9] The Carter Center (2017), p. 2.

[10] "Navên ku Desteya Siyasî ya Meclîsa Sûriyeya Demokratîk pêk tînin aşkera bûn". Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

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