As-Sa'iqa in the context of "Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)"

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⭐ Core Definition: As-Sa'iqa

As-Sa'iqa (Arabic: الصَّاعِقَة, romanizedaṣ-Ṣāʽiqa, lit.'Thunderbolt'), officially known as Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War – Lightning Forces, (Arabic: طَلائِع حَرْب التَّحْرِير الشَّعْبِيَّة - قُوَّات الصَّاعِقَة, romanized: Ṭalāʼiʽ Ḥarb at-Taḥrīr aš-Šaʽbiyya - Quwwāt aṣ-Ṣāʽiqa) is a Palestinian Ba'athist political and military faction created by Syria. It is linked to the Palestinian branch of the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party, and is a member of the broader Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), although it is no longer active in the organization. Its Secretary-General is Dr. Mohammed Qeis.

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👉 As-Sa'iqa in the context of Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)

The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي, romanizedḤizb al-Ba‘th al-‘Arabī al-Ishtirākī; ba‘th meaning "resurrection"), also referred to as the pro-Syrian Ba'ath movement, is a neo-Ba'athist political party with branches across the Arab world. From 1970 until 2000, the party was led by the Syrian president and Secretary General Hafez al-Assad. Until 26 October 2018, leadership was shared between his son Bashar al-Assad (head of the Syrian regional organization) and Abdullah al-Ahmar (head of the pan-Arab national organization).

In 2018, after the reunification of the National and Regional Command, Bashar al-Assad became the Secretary General of the Central Command. The Syrian Regional Branch of the party was the largest organisation within the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party; it ruled Syria from the 1963 coup to the fall of the Assad regime in 2024. The Syrian Regional Branch's activities were indefinitely suspended on 11 December 2024 and its assets transferred to the caretaker government, dissolving the branch. Other branches of the Syrian-dominated Ba'ath faction continued to operate, with the Palestinian branch As-Sa'iqa even resuming its activities inside Syria.

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