The coalition gathered Islamist and Arab nationalist factions,[2] consisting of the Syrian wing of the Baghdad-based Arab Socialist Baath Party, the Muslim Brotherhood of Adnan Saad al-Din, the Islamic Front of Sheikh Abdul Fatah Abu Ghuda, the Communist Party - Political Bureau of Riad al-Turk, the Arab Socialists of Akram al-Hawrani and the Arab Socialist Union of Jassem Alwan and Mohammed al-Jarah, as well independent personalities Nasim al-Safarjalani, Khaled Al-Hakim and Hamoud Choufi. [3][4]