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

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historical event intra-party conflict political power struggle

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ba'athist establishment in Syria	1
Ba'athist leadership under Nureddin al-Atassi	1

Statements (45)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
involves	Ba'ath Party National Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Ba'ath Party Regional Command in Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Hafez al-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ Salah Jadid NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Ba'ath Party military committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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) NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Corrective Movement coup of November 1970 → precededBy → Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970) ⓘ

Majd al-Assad → politicalAlignment → Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ba'athist establishment in Syria

Ahmad al-Khatib → precededBy → Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ba'athist leadership under Nureddin al-Atassi