Syrian Revolutionary Left Current

During the formation of the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current in October 2011, its founding documents stated that it "adopts the major objectives of the Syrian People's Revolution, for freedom, democracy, dignity and social justice, and is committed to engage in mass action to achieve these objectives." It considered that "revolutionary dynamics is about building a democracy from below", and advocated for participatory democracy and direct democracy. The Revolutionary Left Current opposes all forms of foreign military intervention in Syria, including by NATO, by the Arab League, by Israel, and by Turkey.

The Revolutionary Left Current's founding document also outlined a list of goals for the group and for other Syrian opposition groups, which were to overthrow the Syrian government and establish a "Provisional Revolutionary Government", dismantle the "security infrastructure of the state", and election of a Constituent Assembly.

In August 2013, the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current condemned the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the al-Nusra Front, and amid the Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict, it "reaffirmed its commitment" to support self-determination for Kurds in Syria. It also condemned the Syrian National Council for refusing to recognize rights for Kurdish people in Syria.{{cite web|url=https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/imperialism-sectarianism-and-syrias-revolution/|title=Imperialism, sectarianism and Syria's revolution|work=Solidarity|author=Joseph Daher|date=23 August 2013}}

On 23 September 2014, the group condemned the American-led intervention in Syria which began with airstrikes against ISIL, al-Nusra Front, and Ahrar al-Sham in Syria.{{cite web|url=https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/revolutionary-left-movement-in-syria-position-around-the-bombings-of-the-international-coalition-led-by-the-usa/|title=Revolutionary Left Movement in Syria: position around the bombings of the International Coalition led by the USA|work=Syria Freedom Forever|date=23 September 2014}}

In the spring of 2016, the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current and Greek leftist groups opened 6 centers in Athens, housing 2,400 Syrian refugees.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-greece-became-the-eus-prison-for-refugees-v24n2/|title=How Greece Became the EU's Prison for Refugees|work=VICE|author=Molly Crabapple|date=7 March 2017}}

In September 2016, the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current formed an alliance with the Syrian National Democratic Alliance and the Syrian Democratic Forces on the basis of political decentralization and the establishment of a pluralist democracy in Syria.{{Cite web|url=http://twds.info/?p=6767|title=A joint statement to the public on the Declaration of Uniting Efforts|date=29 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104115542/http://twds.info/?p=6767 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |url-status=usurped}} When the Turkish Armed Forces launched a military operation against the SDF in the Afrin Region on 20 January 2018, the Revolutionary Left Current condemned the operation and announced its support for the SDF in Afrin against Turkey.{{Cite web|url=http://theregion.org/article/12596-039-long-live-the-struggle-of-afrin-against-occupiers-039-syrian-revolutionary-left-current|title='Long live the struggle of Afrin against occupiers': Syrian Revolutionary Left Current|work=The Region|date=23 January 2018}} On 1 May 2019 (International Workers' Day), the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current released a statement condemning the "bourgeois regime" of Syria and Turkey, and blaming the collapse of the Syrian Revolution on the absence of a "revolutionary party".{{Cite web|url=https://hawarnews.com/ar/haber/22d8a7d984d986d8b8d8a7d985-d8a7d984d8a8d8b1d8acd988d8a7d8b2d98a-d983d8a7d986-d8a3d8b4d8af-d982d8b3d988d8a9-d8b9d984d989-d985d986d8a7d8b7d982-d8a7d984d8b9d985d8a7d984-d988d8a7d984d983d8a7d8afd8add98ad98622-h18007.html |title="النظام البرجوازي كان أشد قسوة على مناطق العمال والكادحين" |work=Hawar News Agency |date=1 May 2019 }}

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Since January 2012, the Revolutionary Left Movement in Syria has published its newspaper, The Front Line, the mouthpiece of the organization, which is considered one of the main channels used by the movement to communicate with the public. The newspaper provides articles and analysis on a variety of topics, including Syrian politics and socio-economic issues. The newspaper reflects the movement's commitment to socialist and revolutionary values, and seeks to present an alternative vision for the Syrian future from a revolutionary socialist point of view.{{Cite web |last=feAdVw8fgi |date=2022-07-25 |title=تيار "اليسار الثوري السوري" يستعد لافتتاح مكتب له في شمال وشرق سوريا |url=https://ronahi.tv/ar/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=فضائية روناهي |language=ar}}

The newspaper is printed in Syria and distributed in all Syrian governorates, and is published as a pdf version on the website  and on social media.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-20 |title=جريدة الخط الأمامي |url=https://revoleftsyria.org/frontline |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=revoleftsyria.org |language=ar}}

He has also published a number of pamphlets and books,{{Cite web |date=2023-11-20 |title=كراسات |url=https://revoleftsyria.org/publications |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=revoleftsyria.org |language=ar}} including: Who are we?, The Syrian Communist Party: Decadence and Splits, The Marxist position on the religious phenomenon, the reactionary reaction and counter-revolution in Syria, the Syrian bourgeoisie and the popular revolution, in order to build the militant socialist left, Ukraine and the imperialism of the twenty-first century.

{{Infobox war faction

| name = People's Liberation Faction

| native_name = {{langx|ar|فصائل تحرر الشعب}}
{{langx|fr|Faction de la libération du Peuple}}

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| war = the Syrian Civil War

| image = Flag of the People's Revolutionary Faction.svg

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| active = 18 March 2014 – 26 January 2015

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| leaders = *"Lorca"

• "Midou"
• "Abu Layla"

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| allegiance = Syrian Revolutionary Left Current

| partof = {{flagdeco|Syrian opposition}} Free Syrian Army

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| allies = In Kobanî:{{cite web|url=http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article34135 |title=Syria: The Popular Liberation Factions (FLP) |work=Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières |date=1 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421194611/http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article34135 |archive-date=21 April 2017 }}

• {{flagicon image|People's Protection Units Flag.svg|border=no}} People's Protection Units
• {{flagicon image|YPJ Flag.svg|border=no}} Women's Protection Units
• {{flagicon image|Flag of Kurdistan Workers' Party.svg}} Kurdistan Workers' Party

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| opponents = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces (1980–2024).svg}} Syrian Armed Forces

{{flagicon image|Flag of the Al-Nusra Front.svg}} Al-Nusra Front

{{flag|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}}
{{Flag|Turkey}}

| battles = Siege of Kobanî

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Armed members of the Revolutionary Left Current operating in Syria announced themselves in January 2014.{{cite web|url=https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC/|title=The Revolutionary Left Movement in Syria: Always with the masses in their struggle for liberation|work=Syria Freedom Forever|date=31 January 2014}} On 18 March 2014, three armed and masked militants announced the formation of the People's Liberation Faction as part of the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current.{{cite web|url=https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/revolutionary-left-current-in-syria-establishment-of-the-peoples-liberation-faction-to-commemorate-the-third-anniversary-of-the-syrian-revolution/|title=Revolutionary Left Current in Syria: Establishment of the "People's Liberation Faction" to commemorate the third anniversary of the Syrian Revolution|work=Syria Freedom Forever|date=18 March 2014}}{{Cite news|url=http://rozana.fm/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/1/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%89/3852/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%22%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8%22-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9|title=Declaration of leftist "liberation groups" factions|work=Radio Rozana|date=18 March 2014}} Fighters of the group were armed with Kalashnikov rifles, PK machine guns,{{cite web|url=https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/statement-of-the-peoples-liberation-brigade-revolutionary-left-current-in-syria/|title=Statement of the People's Liberation Faction, Revolutionary Left Current in Syria|work=Syria Freedom Forever|date=20 July 2014}} and RPG-7s.{{cite web|url=https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/%D9%81%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8/|title=فصائل تحرر الشعب|work=Syria Freedom Forever|date=21 March 2014}} The group also used a technical, a mortar, and a DShK heavy machine gun.{{cite web|url=http://revleftcurrentsyria.com/%D9%81%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%81%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8/|title=أبطال فصائل تحرر الشعب|work=Syrian Revolutionary Left Current|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702171642/http://revleftcurrentsyria.com/%D9%81%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%81%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8/ |archive-date=2 July 2014 |url-status=dead}} It cooperated with several local Free Syrian Army-affiliated groups.

On 12 April 2014, a unit in the group attempted to redeploy fighters from the Hama Governorate to support other rebel groups in the Battle of Aleppo, when they were stopped at an al-Nusra Front checkpoint. Clashes then ensued and 3 fighters from the People's Liberation Faction were killed.{{Cite web|url=https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/treacherous-aggression-of-the-forces-of-the-counter-revolution-against-the-fighters-of-the-peoples-liberation-faction/|title=Treacherous aggression of the forces of the counter-revolution against the fighters of the People's Liberation Faction|work=Syria Freedom Forever|date=14 April 2014}}

Fighters of the group redeployed to Kobanî in order to reinforce the city against an ISIL offensive in September 2014.

In late 2014, due to persecution by "counter-revolutionary forces", the People's Liberation Faction largely suspended its activities in Syria. It officially announced its dissolution on 26 January 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8/|title=Statement: People's Liberation Faction|work=Syria Freedom Forever|date=26 January 2015}}

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