Corrective Movement (Syria)

1970 coup
Part of the Arab Cold War and the prelude to the Syrian Civil War
Hafez al-Assad shortly after the success of the movement
Date 13 November 1970 Location Syria Result Overthrow of Salah Jadid and his allies Appointment of a temporary regional command of the Ba'ath Syrian regional branch Purge of Aflaqists from the Ba'ath Party Condemnation of Michel Aflaq and Amin al-Hafiz to death via absentia Establishment of Hafez al-Assad's personality cult Beginning of al-Assad family's hereditary rule
Belligerents
Syrian Government Ba'ath Party	Syrian Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Salah Jadid (POW) Nureddin al-Atassi	Hafez al-Assad Rifaat al-Assad Mustafa Tlass
Casualties and losses
No deaths

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People Zaki al-Arsuzi Michel Aflaq Salah al-Din al-Bitar Abdullah Rimawi Wahib al-Ghanim Fuad al-Rikabi Salah Jadid Hafez al-Assad Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Saddam Hussein Bashar al-Assad Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
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History Ba'athist Iraq Ramadan Revolution November 1963 coup d'état 17 July Revolution Iran–Iraq War Gulf War UN sanctions Iraq War De-Ba'athification Baathist Syria Syrian Committee to Help Iraq 1963 / 1966 coup d'états Corrective Revolution Intervention in Lebanon Syrian occupation of Lebanon Syrian civil war
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Splinter groups Arab Socialist Revolutionary Ba'ath Party 1960–1962/63 Socialist Lebanon 1965–1970 Arab Revolutionary Workers Party 1966–present Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party 1970–present Sudanese Ba'ath Party 2002–present
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The Corrective Movement (Arabic: الحركة التصحيحية, romanized: al-Ḥarakah al-Taṣḥīḥīyya), also referred to as the Corrective Revolution or 1970 coup, was a bloodless coup d'état led by General Hafez al-Assad on 13 November 1970 in Syria.^[1] Assad proclaimed to sustain and improve the "nationalist socialist line" of the state and the Ba'ath party.^[2] Ba'ath party adopted an ideological revision, absolving itself of Salah Jadid's doctrine of exporting revolutions. The new doctrine placed emphasis on defeating Israel, by developing the Syrian military with the support of the Soviet Union.^[3] Assad would rule Syria until his death in 2000, after which he was succeeded by his son Bashar al-Assad.