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The Assyrian Democratic Movement (Syriac: ܙܘܥܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ; Zawʻá Demoqraṭáyá ʼÁṯuráyá) popularly known as Zowaa (The Movement in Syriac) is an ethnic Assyrian political party in Iraq and is currently the only Assyrian-based political party to be voting in the Iraqi parliament.The party was established on April 12 1979 to satisfy the political objectives of the Assyrian people in Iraq in response to the oppressive brutality of the Al-Baath regime and its attempts to forcibly expropriate ethnic Assyrians from their native lands.
