Syrian Communist Party: Letter of gratitude to the KKE

In a letter addressed to the General Secretary of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the Central Committee of the Syrian Communist Party expresses its gratitude concerning the internationalist devotion and humanitarian care the KKE demonstrated towards the late Ammar Bakdash, during his stay in Greece. 

The letter, published in 902 portal, reads:

Funeral of Ammar Bakdash, long-time leader of the Syrian Communist Party, was held in Athens

On Wednesday 23 July, the political funeral of comrade Ammar Bakdash, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Syrian Communist Party, took place at the Kaisariani Cemetery in Athens. Comrade Bakdash had come to Athens after being persecuted by the criminal regime of the jihadists in Syria.

A large delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece, a delegation from the Central Council of the Communist Youth of Greece, and a delegation from the Syrian Communist Party attended the ceremony.

In response to a despicable attack on the KKE following the passing of comrade Ammar Bakdash

Some people are constantly trying to strike a blow against the KKE, even resorting to dirty and unethical means in the process. The spokesperson for the non-existent “Collective Struggle for the Revolutionary Unification of Humanity” (D. Patelis), which never had and still has no ties to the working class and the popular forces of our country, launched yet another provocative attack, which was reproduced by other groups of the so-called “World Anti-Imperialist Platform”.

The following comment, published in the daily newspaper Rizospastis, the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece, responds to the provocateurs:

Ammar Bakdash, General Secretary of the Syrian Communist Party, dies at 71

Bakdash during a KKE antiimperialist event in 2015

Ammar Bakdash, General Secretary of the CC of the Syrian Communist Party, has died aged 71. He was the chairman of the Financial Laws Committee of the People's Assembly of Syria, until the assembly was suspended after the fall of the Assad government and the imposition of the Jihadist regime.

In a statement issued on Sunday 13/7, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) expresses its sincere condolences for the sudden death of the comrade who resided in Athens following persecutions by Al-Sharaa's jihadists. 

Jihadist Syrian government bans the Communist Party

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In a meeting held on January 29, the new jihadist government of Syria under Islamist Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly Al-Jolani) decided to ban the activities of parties that participated in the so-called National Progressive Front, including the Communist Party of Syria. 

The activity of Syrian communists goes back to the 1920s with the foundation of the Syrian-Lebanese Communist Party in 1924. Despite its internal splits and divisions, the Communist Party had always been a progressive and democratic force, struggling for the rights of the Syrian people. 

Syrian Communist Party denounces the detention of comrade Abdul Rahman Khalil

In a statement, the Central Secretariat of the Syrian Communist Party denounced the arrest of comrade Abdul Rahman Khalil and demands his immediate release:

"On July 10, departments affiliated with the so-called “Self-Administration” in northeast Syria arrested Comrade Abdul Rahman Khalil, the nominated member of the Political Bureau of the Syrian Communist Party and a member of the People’s Assembly (Parliament), due to his participation in the electoral campaign for the People’s Assembly (Parliament). Comrade Abdul Rahman refused to sign a pledge not to participate in this campaign in exchange for his release.

Hands Off Syria! Communist Parties across the world denounce imperialist barbarity

Communist and Workers' Parties across the world have reacted to the imperialist attack on Syria, strongly condemning the US-Britain-France intervention (to be updated):

"You will surely pay for this crime" say the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) in its statement. "When the people of Syria disrupted your plans, when the reactionary-collaborationist gangs you supported in every way possible were struck by the resistance of the people, you resorted to treachery and fraud".