The Ba'thists in Syria are soon faced…
1964 CE
The Ba'thists in Syria are soon faced with a serious problem.
Although their party in Syria is led by Syrians, it also promotes Pan-Arabism and has branches in Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan.
The continued subordination of the Syrian branch of the party to the Pan-Arab central committee gives non-Syrian Ba'thists a say in Syrian affairs.
As a result, the Syrian Ba'thists establish their own Pan-Arab central committee, thereby creating a deadly rivalry with the Iraqi Ba'thists, as each claims to be the legitimate leader of the Pan-Arab nationalist cause.