Shuraya Party
Shuraya Party ܫܘܖܝܐ شــورايـا | |
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| Founded | 25 July 1978 |
| Ideology | Assyrian nationalism |
| National affiliation | March 14 Alliance |
| Party flag | |
| Assyrian Battalion | |
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| Dates of operation | 1978-1991 |
| Ideology | Assyrian nationalism |
| Part of | Shuraya Party Lebanese Front Lebanese Forces |
| Allies | Kataeb Regulatory Forces Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces Army of Free Lebanon (AFL) |
| Opponents | Lebanese National Movement (LNM) Lebanese National Resistance Front (LNRF) Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Syrian Arab Armed Forces |
| Battles and wars | Lebanese Civil War |
The Shuraya Party (Syriac: ܫܘܖܝܐ Arabic: حزب شوريا) is a political organisation that represents the Christian Assyrian community in Lebanon and Syria since the late 1970s. The party advocates the formation of an independent Assyrian State in the Assyrian homeland, in what is today Northern Iraq. The term "shuraya" means 'beginning'.