{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox political party | name = National Covenant Party<br>{{small|Haraka al-'ahd al-waTani}} | native_name = حركة العهد الوطني | colorcode = {{party color|National Covenant Party}} | logo = [[File:National_covenant_movement.png|180px]] | leader1_title = Secretary General | leader1_name = [[Ghassan Othman]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web |via=[[facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/alahed.alwatany/posts/2206205169433729 |title=إضاءات حول تاريخ وافكار حزب العهد الوطني |publisher=National Covenant Party |language=ar |date=24 May 2019 |access-date=2023-09-18}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The link leads to Facebook, which is an unreliable source.|date=January 2022}} | ideology = [[Arab nationalism]]<ref name="auto"/>{{Better source needed|reason=The link leads to Facebook, which is an unreliable source.|date=January 2022}}<br>[[Arab socialism]]<ref name="auto"/>{{Better source needed|reason=The link leads to Facebook, which is an unreliable source.|date=January 2022}}<br>[[Pan-Arabism]] | position = | native_name_lang = ar | split = [[Arab Socialist Movement]] | founded = 1951 | banned = {{Start date and age|2025|01|29|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ahmad Al-Sharaa officially named Syria's transitional president |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/ahmad-al-sharaa-officially-named-syrias-transitional-president/3466149 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Al-Ammar |first1=Najjar |title=الإدارة السورية الجديدة تعلن وقف العمل بالدستور وتعيين الشرع رئيسا للبلاد في المرحلة الانتقالية |url=https://www.france24.com/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7/20250129-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B9-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9 |access-date=31 January 2025 |agency=[[France 24]] |date=29 January 2025 |language=ar |trans-title=The new Syrian administration announces the suspension of the constitution and the appointment of Sharia as president of the country in the transitional period}}</ref> | national = [[National Progressive Front (Syria)|National Progressive Front]] (until 2024) | seats1_title = [[People's Assembly of Syria|People's Assembly]] | seats1 = | country = Syria | website = [https://www.facebook.com/alahed.alwatany/ Facebook page] }} The '''National Covenant Party''' ({{langx|ar|حركة العهد الوطني}}, ''Haraka al-'ahd al-waTani'') was a [[political party]] in [[Syria]]. During the [[Ba'athist Syria|Ba'athist era]], it was part of the [[National Progressive Front (Syria)|National Progressive Front]] (NPF) of parties that supported the ruling [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Ba'ath Party]].
== History == The party was originally licensed as the ''Arab Socialist Party'' in 1951. Syrian political activist, [[Akram Hourani]], was the party's secretary general. The party was a founding member of the NPF in 1972. In 2004 the party changed its name to the ''National Covenant Party''.
Following the [[fall of the Assad regime]], the party published a statement on [[Facebook]] endorsing the [[Syrian caretaker government|Syrian transitional government]] and celebrating "Syria's freedom from tyranny".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=994910655996174&set=a.253914873429093 |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> An additional post adopted the [[Flag of the Syrian opposition|Syrian opposition flag]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=995055172648389&set=a.253914880095759 |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> Despite this, the party along with the NPF was dissolved by the [[Syrian caretaker government]] on 29 January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ahmad Al-Sharaa officially named Syria's transitional president |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/ahmad-al-sharaa-officially-named-syrias-transitional-president/3466149 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref>
== Ideology == The party believed in [[Arab nationalism]], the objective of the party is to promote [[Syria]]n national unity and social peace on democratic foundations based on political, economic and social pluralism and participation of all in decision-making.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orfali |first=Mohannad |title=حزب العهد الوطني |url=http://pnf.org.sy/?page=category&category_id=113&id=31&lang=ar |website=pnf.org.sy}}</ref>
== Election results == === Syrian People's Assembly elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !Seats !+/– |- ! [[2007 Syrian parliamentary election|2007]] | {{Composition bar|3|250|{{party color|National Covenant Party}}}} | New |- ! [[2012 Syrian parliamentary election|2012]] | {{Composition bar|3|250|{{party color|National Covenant Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |- ! [[2016 Syrian parliamentary election|2016]] | {{Composition bar|1|250|{{party color|National Covenant Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 2 |- ! [[2020 Syrian parliamentary election|2020]] | {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|National Covenant Party}}}} | {{increase}} 1 |- ! [[2024 Syrian parliamentary election|2024]] | {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|National Covenant Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Syrian political parties}} {{Ba'ath Party}} [[Category:1951 establishments in Syria]] [[Category:2025 disestablishments in Syria]] [[Category:Arab nationalism in Syria]] [[Category:Arab socialist political parties]] [[Category:Banned political parties in Syria]] [[Category:Banned socialist parties]] [[Category:Defunct nationalist parties]] [[Category:Defunct political parties in Syria]] [[Category:Defunct socialist parties in Asia]] [[Category:Nationalist parties in Syria]] [[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2025]] [[Category:Political parties established in 1951]] [[Category:Socialist parties in Syria]] {{Syria-party-stub}}