Baʿth Party

Baʿth Party

▪ Arab political party
in full  Arab Socialist Baʿth Party , or  Arab Socialist Renaissance Party , Arabic  Ḥizb al-Baʿth al-ʿArabī al-Ishtirākī , Baʿth also spelled  Baʿath 

      Arab political party advocating the formation of a single Arab socialist nation. It has branches in many Middle Eastern countries and was the ruling party in Syria from 1963 and in Iraq from 1968 to 2003.

      The Baʿth Party was founded in 1943 in Damascus, Syria, by Michel ʿAflaq (Aflaq, Michelʿ) and Ṣalaḥ al-Dīn al-Bīṭār, adopted its constitution in 1947, and in 1953 merged with the Syrian Socialist Party to form the Arab Socialist Baʿth (Renaissance) Party. The Baʿth Party espoused nonalignment and opposition to imperialism and colonialism, took inspiration from what it considered the positive values of Islam, and attempted to ignore or transcend class divisions. Its structure was highly centralized and authoritarian.

      The Syrian Baʿthists took power in 1963, but factionalism between “progressives” and “nationalists” was severe until 1970, when Ḥafiz al-Assad (Assad, Ḥafiz al-) of the “nationalists” secured control. In Iraq the Baʿthists took power briefly in 1963 and regained it in 1968, after which the party's power became concentrated under Iraqi leader Ṣaddām Ḥussein. Differences between the Iraqi and Syrian wings of the Baʿth Party precluded unification of the two countries. Within both countries the Baʿthists formed fronts with smaller parties, including at times the communists. In Syria the main internal threat to Baʿth hegemony stemmed from the Muslim Brotherhood, while in Iraq Kurdish and Shīʿite opposition was endemic. The Iraqi branch of the party was toppled in 2003 as a result of the Iraq War.

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