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The Evolution of the Syrian Ba’th Party and Its Impact on the Syrian Civil War
Author(s): ZHAO Na, MA Shuai, History School, Northwest University, Yangtze Normal University
Pages: 31-
43+116-117
Year: 2018
Issue:
6
Journal: Arab World Studies
Keyword: Arab Ba’th Party; Assad Family; Syrian Civil War;
Abstract: The Syrian Ba’th Party is an important political force in the evolution of modern Syria.Since its establishment in the 1940 s,it has undergone various stages of merger,division,restructuring,infighting and the transfer of power. In the 1960 s,while the elders were losing their power,the younger officers set up the Military Committee and revived the party through staging military coup,winning the support of the sectionalists,and reconstructing their ideology. When Hafiz al-Assad was in power,his personal authority rose and the role and status of the Ba’th Party as a ruling party declined correspondingly. During the Syrian civil war,the remaining problems in the evolution of the Party were further amplified,such as its guiding ideology failing to keep pace with the time,the military control of the party,the division of the elites within the party,and the solidification of the social classes. It is still a long way to go to reach political solution for Syrian Crisis,the Syrian Ba’th Party urgently needs to strengthen party construction and regain the power of state governance.
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