Syrian Corrective Movement

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The Syrian Corrective Movement was a 1970 internal Ba'ath Party coup led by Hafez al-Assad that reshaped Syria’s political system into a long-lasting authoritarian regime centered on his rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ba'ath Party internal coup ⓘ
coup d'état ⓘ
political event ⓘ
affectedInstitution Syrian Ba'ath Party ⓘ
linked to: Ba'ath Party

Syrian military ⓘ
linked to: Syrian Armed Forces

Syrian security services ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Corrective Movement ⓘ
Corrective Revolution ⓘ
ArabicName الحركة التصحيحية ⓘ
conflictType intra-party power struggle ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
date 1970-11-13 ⓘ
domesticPolicyChange agrarian reform continuation ⓘ
co-optation of traditional elites ⓘ
economic state control expansion ⓘ
followedBy Hafez al-Assad government ⓘ
linked to: Ba'athist Syria

long-term Assad family rule in Syria ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation alignment with Soviet Union ⓘ
ideology Arab nationalism ⓘ
Arab socialism ⓘ
Ba'athism ⓘ
keyActor Ba'ath Party Regional Command ⓘ
Syrian Air Force ⓘ
Syrian Arab Army ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
leader Hafez al-Assad ⓘ
legalConsequence new Syrian constitution of 1973 ⓘ
location Damascus ⓘ
longTermImpact decades-long authoritarian stability ⓘ
establishment of Assad dynasty in Syria ⓘ
method military coup ⓘ
overthrew Salah Jadid ⓘ
politicalConsequence emergence of personality cult around Hafez al-Assad ⓘ
restriction of political pluralism ⓘ
strengthening of security apparatus ⓘ
politicalPartyInvolved Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region ⓘ
precededBy Salah Jadid government ⓘ
radical left-wing Ba'ath faction rule ⓘ
regionalContext Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
resultedIn Hafez al-Assad presidency ⓘ
authoritarian regime in Syria ⓘ
centralization of power in presidency ⓘ
consolidation of Ba'ath Party rule in Syria ⓘ
dominance of military in Syrian politics ⓘ
purge of rival Ba'ath factions ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
year 1970 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahmad al-Khatib → participatedIn → Syrian Corrective Movement ⓘ
al-Assad → associatedWithEvent → Corrective Movement (Syria) ⓘ
linked to: Syrian Corrective Movement
Corrective Movement → alsoKnownAs → al-Ḥaraka at-Taṣḥīḥiyya ⓘ
linked to: Syrian Corrective Movement
Ba'athist internal power struggle in Syria (1966–1970) → preceded → Corrective Movement (Syria) ⓘ
linked to: Syrian Corrective Movement