The Ba'thists in Syria are soon faced…

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.