{{Short description|Youth wing of the Syrian Ba'ath Party}} {{Infobox political youth organization | name = Revolutionary Youth Union |founded=13 January 1970| dissolved = {{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 al-Sharaa as president of the country in the transitional period}}</ref> | logo = [[File:RYU_Syria_logo.png|200px]] |native_name=اتحاد شبيبة الثورة| colorcode = Green | chairman = [[Maan Abboud]]<ref>https://www.facebook.com/Revolution.Youth.Union/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> | ideology = [[Neo-Ba'athism]]<br />[[Arab nationalism]]<br />[[Anti-Zionism]]<br />[[Arab socialism]] | international = [[World Federation of Democratic Youth]] |mother party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Syria]] | headquarters = [[Damascus]] | newspaper = ''Al Masirah''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ryu-sy.org/category/al-maseera/|title=صحيفة المسيرة – اتحاد شبيبة الثورة | سورية|access-date=2019-08-30|archive-date=2019-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227041111/http://ryu-sy.org/category/al-maseera/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | website = http://ryu-sy.org/ }} {{Ba'athism sidebar}} {{coord|33|29|29.34|N|36|14|38.14|E|region:SY|display=title}} '''Revolutionary Youth Union''' (officially abbreviated '''RYU'''; {{langx|ar|اتحاد شبيبة الثورة}}, ''Ittihad Shabibat ath-Thawra'') was the youth organization of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Syria]]. RYU was a member organization of the [[World Federation of Democratic Youth]].
== History == Revolutionary Youth Union was established in 1970<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-29 |title=مرسوم تأسيس اتحاد شبيبة الثورة عام 1970 |url=https://syrmh.com/2017/12/29/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b3%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%aa%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%b4%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-1970/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=التاريخ السوري المعاصر |language=ar}}</ref> as a youth organization of the ruling [[Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)|Ba'ath Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=publish2 |date=2021-02-14 |title=Political parties radicalize youth in Syria's Suwayda - North press agency |url=https://npasyria.com/en/54537/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> The organization's membership was made up of 12-18 year olds, with all secondary school students in the country automatically being made members. Members were required to be solely affiliated with the Ba'ath Party and with no other political organization.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 28, 2016 |title=The Ideology of Authority: 50 Years of Education in Syria |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/ideology-authority-50-years-education-syria |website=Firka Forum}}</ref> The organization had a newsletter named ''al-Masirah'' ([[English language|English]]: The March).<ref name=":0" /> The RYU oversees the management of a special property known as Medina Shabab (literally “[[Youth City]]”), which were used for youth competitions and events, also organized by the RYU.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=publish2 |date=2021-02-14 |title=Political parties radicalize youth in Syria's Suwayda - North press agency |url=https://npasyria.com/en/54537/,%20https://npasyria.com/en/54537/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> RYU pushed youth onto the [[Militarism|militaristic]] path through military events and marches - the organization also ran special camps with a military focus, where children wore military uniforms and did military activities.
=== Syrian civil war === According to the organization itself, tens of thousands of young people have joined the [[Syrian Arab Armed Forces|government army]] since the start of the [[Syrian civil war|civil war in Syria]].<ref name=":2" /> In 2021, the RYU launched a program to help wounded civil war veterans and their families (of course, only those who fought on the side of the [[Bashar al-Assad]] government), which became known as [[Wasiya program (Syria)|Wasiya]] (testament).<ref name=":2" /> The organization also planned to launch two projects to support small enterprises, training to support talents, as well as setting up productive and ideological camps for “preparation for the struggle” (again).<ref name=":2" />
On July 9, 2021, a draft resolution to disband Revolutionary Youth Union and Baath Vanguard, another [[Ba'athism|Ba'athist]] youth organization, was sent on review. The current status of this draft resolution is unknown.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sh |date=2021-07-09 |title=Draft Resolution to Abolish the Baath Vanguard and the Revolutionary Youth Union - The Syrian Observer |url=https://syrianobserver.com/uncategorized/draft-resolution-to-abolish-the-baath-vanguard-and-the-revolutionary-youth-union.html |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Following the [[fall of the Assad regime]], the Union was banned by the [[Syrian caretaker government|Syrian transitional government]] alongside its mother party.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Al-Jnaidi |first=Laith |last2=Sio |first2=Mohammad |date=29 January 2025 |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= |website=[[Anadolu Agency]]}}</ref>
==External links== *[http://www.syrianyouth.org/ RYU website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721061330/http://www.syrianyouth.org/ |date=2013-07-21 }}
==References== {{reflist}} {{Ba'ath Party}} [[Category:Anti-Zionist organizations]] [[Category:Arab nationalism in Syria]] [[Category:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region]] [[Category:Ba'athist organizations]] [[Category:Organization of the Ba'ath Party]] [[Category:Organizations with year of establishment missing]] [[Category:Secularism in Syria]] [[Category:Socialism in Syria]] [[Category:Youth organizations based in Syria]] [[Category:Youth wings of political parties]]
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