Arab Communist Party (Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العربي Al-Hizb Al-Shuyu'i Al-'Arabi) was a communist party in Syria, emerging as a pro-Chinese split from the Syrian Communist Party.
The party was founded in February 1968.
[1] The party was harshly repressed during the 1970s, and many of its activists were imprisoned.
As of 2001[update], several of its cadres remained in Syrian jails.
[2][3] This article about a Syrian political party is a stub.