Syrian Corrective Movement

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The Syrian Corrective Movement was a 1970 internal Ba'ath Party coup led by Hafez al-Assad that reshaped Syria’s political system into a long-lasting authoritarian regime centered on his rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ba'ath Party internal coup
coup d'état
political event
affectedInstitution Syrian Ba'ath Party
linked to: Ba'ath Party

Syrian military
linked to: Syrian Armed Forces

Syrian security services
alsoKnownAs Corrective Movement
Corrective Revolution
ArabicName الحركة التصحيحية
conflictType intra-party power struggle
country Syria
date 1970-11-13
domesticPolicyChange agrarian reform continuation
co-optation of traditional elites
economic state control expansion
followedBy Hafez al-Assad government
linked to: Ba'athist Syria

long-term Assad family rule in Syria
foreignPolicyOrientation alignment with Soviet Union
ideology Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Ba'athism
keyActor Ba'ath Party Regional Command
Syrian Air Force
Syrian Arab Army
languageOfName Arabic
leader Hafez al-Assad
legalConsequence new Syrian constitution of 1973
location Damascus
longTermImpact decades-long authoritarian stability
establishment of Assad dynasty in Syria
method military coup
overthrew Salah Jadid
politicalConsequence emergence of personality cult around Hafez al-Assad
restriction of political pluralism
strengthening of security apparatus
politicalPartyInvolved Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
precededBy Salah Jadid government
radical left-wing Ba'ath faction rule
regionalContext Arab–Israeli conflict
Cold War
resultedIn Hafez al-Assad presidency
authoritarian regime in Syria
centralization of power in presidency
consolidation of Ba'ath Party rule in Syria
dominance of military in Syrian politics
purge of rival Ba'ath factions
scope national
year 1970

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Ahmad al-Khatib participatedIn Syrian Corrective Movement
al-Assad associatedWithEvent Corrective Movement (Syria)
linked to: Syrian Corrective Movement
Corrective Movement alsoKnownAs al-Ḥaraka at-Taṣḥīḥiyya
linked to: Syrian Corrective Movement
Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970) preceded Corrective Movement (Syria)
linked to: Syrian Corrective Movement