The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region, officially the Syrian Regional Branch, was a Ba'athist organisation founded on 7 April 1947 by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and followers of Zak
Akram al-Hawrani (left) with Michel Aflaq as seen in 1957
Military Committee members Salim Hatum (left), Muhammad Umran (center) and Salah Jadid (right) celebrating after the 1963 coup d'état
Photograph of a meeting of Senior leadership of the Baath Party in 1969 / From left to right: Interior Minister Mohammad Rabah al-Tawil, Chief of Staff General Mustafa Tlass, Commander of the Golan Front Ahmad al-Meer, and the Syrian strongman Salah Jadid
Photo of Syrian military general Hafez al-Assad during the 1970 coup
Michel Aflaq
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Michel Aflaq was a Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of Ba'athism and its political movement; he is considered by several Ba'
Aflaq in 1963
Aflaq in the late 1930s
Aflaq and other Ba'ath Party leaders in 1954
Aflaq (front row, first from right) with the leaders of the 14 July 1958 revolution in Iraq, including Khaled al-Naqshabendi (front row, left), Abd as-Salam Arif (back row, second from left), Abd al-Karim Qasim (back row, third from left), and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (back row, fifth from left)