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Syrian Social Nationalist Party (Lebanon)

Parti Populaire Syrien

by António Martins

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The Syrian Social Nationalist Party was founded in 1932 and advocates the union of Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait in a single state. The flag shows the party's emblem, a red zouba'a (cyclone or tempest), symbolising strength and dynamism. The red color symbolises the dawn of a healthy new era brought about by the party replacing the current (black) reactionary era. The four sides the of the zouba'a represent the four party values of freedom, duty, discipline and power. Another explanation of the zouba'a is that it represents the union of the Christians and Muslims of united Syria — the cross (symbol of Christianity) and the crescent (symbol of Islam) can be combined to create the symbol of the zouba'a.

'Severus', 20 November 1996

I enjoyed looking at the Nazi flags section of the Flags of the World webpage. You might consider adding the flag of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP, also called the Parti Populaire Syrien) in this section. It was (still is, in Lebanon) a pan-Syrian party, as opposed to a pan-Arab party. The party's symbol is a black "hurricane" emblem in a white circle on, if I remember correctly, a red flag. I just found a picture of the SSNP flag. The SSNP is a fascist-type party established in the early 1930s by Antun Sa'ada, a Lebanese immigrant to Brazil who spoke German and whose vision of a Greater Syria was definitely influenced by German nationalist writings. The SSNP flag, salute, etc. definitely resemble Italian and German fascism. The party was influential in Syria and Lebanon in the 1950s, and is still around in Lebanon.

Michael R. Fischbach, 16 November 1997