The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Baʿth al-ʿArabī al-Ishtirākī [ˈħɪzb alˈbaʕθ alˈʕarabiː alɪʃtɪˈraːkiː]), also transliterated as Baʽth (Arabic: البعث, lit. 'resurrection'), [2] was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al …

Mar 19, 2025 · The Ba‘ath Party is a Pan-Arabist political party advocating the formation of a single Arab socialist nation, founded in Damascus by Michel Aflaq and Salah al-Din Bitar. It became the ruling party in Syria in 1963 and in Iraq in 1968 before it was toppled in both countries in the 21st century.

The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي – قطر سوريا Ḥizb al-Ba'th al-'Arabī al-Ishtirākī – Quṭr Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Regional Branch (Arabic: الفرع القطري السوري), was a neo-Ba'athist organisation founded on 7 April 1947 by Michel ...

This article details the history of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party from its founding in 1947 to its dissolution in the 1960s. The party was founded on 7 April 1947 as the Arab Ba'ath Party by Michel Aflaq (a Christian), Salah al-Din al-Bitar (a Sunni Muslim) and the followers of Zaki al-Arsuzi (an Alawite). [1] .

Jul 9, 2012 · During nearly five decades in power, Syria's Baath Party has evolved from an Arab nationalist movement into vast apparatus that has infiltrated every aspect of public life.

Dec 8, 2024 · Since Hafez al-Assad seized power in 1971, Syria's political structure has been dominated by three key pillars: the Ba'ath Party, the Alawite minority, and the Syrian Army.

Apr 25, 2017 · In Iraq, the party briefly took control in 1963 but later regained power in 1968 until 2003 under Saddam Hussein. Though originally focused on Arab nationalism, the Ba’ath regime in Iraq move toward an Iraqi nationalist stance and taught residents that they were the rightful heirs to the Arab lands.

Jan 12, 2018 · The Ba’ath party (The Arab Socialist Baath Party, to give it its full name, in Arabic Ḥizb Al-Ba‘th Al-‘Arabī Al-Ishtirākī) was founded in Damascus in Syria at the beginning of the 1940s by local intellectuals Michel Aflaq (a Christian), Zaki al-Arsuzi (an Alawi) and Salah al-Din al-Bitar (a Sunni Muslim) as a pan-Arab, secular and ...

THE ARAB SOCIALIST BAATH (RESURRECTION) PARTY began its half-century of existence as a movement standing for Arab nationalism, freedom from foreign rule, and the establishment of a single Arab state.

The Baath, formally Hizb al-Baath al-Arabi al-Ishtiraki or Arab Socialist Resurrection Party, is a pan-Arab, anti- Communist, left-wing party with branches in every Arab country except Egypt. One of its founders, Michel Aflaq, has said that it "has fused Arab nationalism and socialism into a dialecticism for Arab nationalism."