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Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat (Syria)

LC control no.n 2022058868
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Corporate name headingPartiya Yekîtiya Demokrat (Syria)
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Variant(s)Partiya Yekîtiya Demokratîk (Syria)
Democratic Union Party (Syria)
PYD (Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat)
Beginning date2003
Special noteNot the same as: n 2006018310 Partiya Yekîtî ya Demokrat a Kurd li Sûriyê.
Found inProxy warfare on the cheap, 2023: CIP galley (the Democratic Union Party (PYD); The Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat or PYD is the most powerful political party of the Kurds in Syria; the PYD was a direct 'offshoot' of the PKK--this Maoist-type guerrilla (or, according to others, terrorist) group that intermittently fought for the secession (and nowadays autonomy) of Turkey's Kurds ever since 1984)
Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat English website, viewed November 2, 2022: Home (Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat) Internal system (Democratic Union Party (Partiya Yekîtiya Demokratîk); year of establishment (2003); the Party HQ is located in the city of Al Qamishli (Qamişlo‎) with branch offices in all the areas where the party is active; The PYD is a democratic and populist political party that rejects all chauvinistic concepts and stances and believes in pluralism and freedom of belief)
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