Reform Party of Syria

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Reform Party of Syria
Leader Farid Ghadry
Founded October 2001 (in Washington, D.C., United States)
Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States
Website
www.reformsyria.org[dead link]
Politics of Syria
Political parties
Elections

The Reform Party of Syria (Arabic: حزب الاصلاح السوري‎‎ Ḥizb Al-Iṣlāḥ Al-Sūrīy), or RPS is a Syrian political party and lobby group based in the United States that was active in the mid to late 2000s. Its leader Farid Ghadry is a United States citizen and has been described as "controversial" by Al Jazeera.[1] The RPS claims to have been formed in response to 9/11.[2] It is a member of fellow lobbing organization the Coalition Against Terrorist Media.

WikiLeaks cables released revealed that Ghadry and his organization were viewed as "unwelcome" by Riad Seif,[3] and a Syrian member of parliament described Ghadry as not being a "major figure", and was perplexed by U.S. backing of him.[4] Similarly Haitham al-Maleh, who was later be become a senior figure in the Syrian National Council, viewed Ghadry as an "opportunist".[5]

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  2. About the Reform Party of Syria
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