National Progressive Front (Syria)

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The National Progressive Front (Arabic: الجبهة الوطنية التقدمية, romanized: al-Jabha al-Waṭaniyyah al-Taqaddumiyyah, NPF) was a Ba'athist Syrian state controlled coalition of left-wing parties that supported the Arab nationalist and Arab socialist orientation of the now defunct Assad family regime and accepted the "leading role" of the ruling Syrian Ba'ath party. The coalition was modelled after the popular front system used in the Communist Bloc, through which the Syrian Ba'ath party governed the country while permitting nominal participation of smaller, satellite parties. The NPF was part of the Ba'ath party's efforts to expand its support base and neutralize prospects for any sustainable liberal or left-wing opposition, by instigating splits within independent leftist parties or repressing them. The coalition was officially outlawed on 29 January 2025 at the Syrian Revolution Victory Conference, where Military Operations Command spokesman Hassan Abdul Ghani announced its dissolution...

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