The Communist Action Party (of Syria): Hizb Al-`Amal Ash-Shiyu`i. The is a very courageous party comprising radical leftists Syrians, and most are `Alawites. Its members have been so mercilessly and ruthlessly dealt with by the regime, presumably because it consists mostly of ``Alawites. Fatih Jamus, a leader of the party, was just arrested by the state of empty sloganeering.