Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
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Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي – قطر سوريا |
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| Regional Secretary | Bashar al-Assad |
| Assistant Regional Secretary | Hilal Hilal |
| Founders |
Michel Aflaq Akram al-Hawrani |
| Founded | 7 April 1947 |
| Headquarters | Damascus, Syria |
| Newspaper |
Al-Thawra Al-Ba'ath |
| Student wing | National Union of Students |
| Youth wing |
Ba'ath Vanguards Revolutionary Youth Union |
| Paramilitary wing |
People's Army Ba'ath Brigades (2012–present) |
| Ideology |
Neo-Ba'athism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism Arab socialism Anti-Zionism Relative Secularism |
| National affiliation | National Progressive Front |
| International affiliation | None |
| Regional affiliation |
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (1947–1966) Syria-based Ba'ath Party (1966–present) |
| Colours | Black, Red, White and Green (Pan-Arab colors) |
| People's Council |
200 / 250
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| Cabinet of Syria |
30 / 35
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www.baath-party.org | |
The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي – قطر سوريا Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-Arabi Al-Ishtiraki – Qutr Suriya), officially the Syrian Regional Branch (Syria being a "region" of the Arab nation in Ba'ath ideology), is a neo-Ba'athist organisation founded on 7 April 1947 by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar and followers of Zaki al-Arsuzi. It was first the regional branch of the original Ba'ath Party (1947–1966) before it changed its allegiance to the Syrian-dominated Ba'ath movement (1966–present) following the 1966 split within the original Ba'ath Party. The party has ruled Syria continuously since the 1963 Syrian coup d'état which brought the Ba'athists to power.
The Ba'ath Party, and indirectly the Syrian Regional Branch, was established on 7 April 1947 by Michel Aflaq (a Christian), Salah al-Din al-Bitar (a Sunni Muslim) and Zaki al-Arsuzi (an Alawite). According to the congress, the party was "nationalist, populist, socialist, and revolutionary" and believed in the "unity and freedom of the Arab nation within its homeland." The party opposed the theory of class conflict, but supported the nationalisation of major industries, the unionisation of workers, land reform, and supported private inheritance and private property rights to some degree. The party merged with the Arab Socialist Party (ASP), led by Akram al-Hawrani, to establish the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Lebanon following Adib Shishakli's rise to power. Most ASP members did not adhere to the merger and remained, according to George Alan, "passionately loyal to Hawrani's person." The merger was weak, and a lot of the ASP's original infrastructure remained intact. In 1955, the party decided to support Nasser and what they perceived as his pan-Arabic policies.
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