Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970)

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The Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970) was a turbulent period of factional conflict within the ruling Ba'ath Party that reshaped the country’s leadership and set the stage for Hafez al-Assad’s eventual consolidation of power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
intra-party conflict ⓘ
political power struggle ⓘ
affected Syrian domestic policy ⓘ
Syrian foreign policy ⓘ
internal cohesion of the Ba'ath Party ⓘ
structure of the Syrian armed forces ⓘ
chronology Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
conflictType civil–military power struggle ⓘ
intra-elite conflict ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
endTime 1970 ⓘ
followed 1966 Syrian coup d'état ⓘ
hasCause factionalism within the Ba'ath Party ⓘ
ideological disputes within Ba'athism ⓘ
struggle for control of the Syrian state ⓘ
ideology Arab nationalism ⓘ
Arab socialism ⓘ
Ba'athism ⓘ
involves Ba'ath Party National Command ⓘ
Ba'ath Party Regional Command in Syria ⓘ
Hafez al-Assad ⓘ
Salah Jadid ⓘ
Syrian Ba'ath Party military committee ⓘ
location Damascus ⓘ
Syrian Arab Republic ⓘ
linked to: Syria
longTermConsequence establishment of Hafez al-Assad's long-term authoritarian rule ⓘ
institutionalization of a security-state apparatus in Syria ⓘ
realignment of Syria's regional alliances ⓘ
mainSubject Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ⓘ
partOf history of Syria ⓘ
history of the Ba'ath Party ⓘ
politicalContext military dominance in Syrian politics ⓘ
one-party Ba'athist rule in Syria ⓘ
preceded Corrective Movement (Syria) ⓘ
result emergence of Hafez al-Assad as Syria's dominant political figure ⓘ
preparation for the 1970 Corrective Movement ⓘ
reshaping of Syria's leadership ⓘ
strengthening of the Syrian Regional Command ⓘ
weakening of the Ba'ath Party National Command ⓘ
significantEvent consolidation of power by Hafez al-Assad and his allies ⓘ
increasing dominance of the Syrian Regional Command over the National Command ⓘ
marginalization of traditional Ba'ath Party founders ⓘ
rise of a new Ba'athist military-political elite ⓘ
startTime 1966 ⓘ

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Corrective Movement coup of November 1970 → precededBy → Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970) ⓘ
Majd al-Assad → politicalAlignment → Ba'athist establishment in Syria ⓘ
linked to: Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970)
Ahmad al-Khatib → precededBy → Ba'athist leadership under Nureddin al-Atassi ⓘ
linked to: Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970)
Syrian coup d'état of 1961 → before → Ba'athist seizure of power in Syria ⓘ
linked to: Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970)