The ADP also officially rejects partisanship and supports the peaceful implementation of democracy in Syria,[2][4][8] and is social democratic according to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.[9] Nevertheless, the party has generally sided and cooperated with the Ba'athist government since the 1990s, and supported pro-government militias in the civil war.[2][4] The ADP advocates the unity of Syria,[8] though has begun to support plans for the country's federalization since 2017.[4] By July 2018, a ADP member stated that the "federal model that was set up [in northern Syria] is satisfying as we feel sufficiently represented".[10]