Aramean Democratic Organization (Syriac: ܛܘܟܣܐ ܐܪܡܝܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ‎) (Arabic: التنظيم الآرامي الديمقراطي‎, translit. At-Tanzim al-Arami al-Dimoqraty) also known as ArDO, was founded in 1988[1] and is a Syriac Aramean political party in Lebanon.[2][3][4][5] The Aramean Democratic Organization's goal is to reestablish Aramean independence and reconstituting the Aramean Nation by reclaiming the heartland of the ancient ancestral homeland most of which lies within today's Syria and Lebanon.