Ba'ath Party
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The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, also known simply as the Baʽath Party, was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espou
Michel Aflaq (left) and Salah al-Din Bitar (right) with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (centre) in 1958. The three leaders were prime advocates for a pan-Arab union
Part of the 1947 Ba'ath Party constitution
Akram al-Hourani (left) with Michel Aflaq, 1957.
Ba'athism
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Ba'athism, also spelled Baathism, is an Arab nationalist ideology which advocates the establishment of a unified Arab state through the rule of a Ba'athist vanguard party operating under a revolutiona
Ba'ath Party
…resurrection party'), was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism—an ideology mixing Arab nationalist, pan-Arab, Arab socialist, and anti-imperialist interests. Ba'athism calls for the unification of the Arab world…
Zaki Arsuzi, politician who influenced Ba'athist thought and, after the Ba'ath Party splintered, became the chief ideologist of the Syrian-dominated Ba'ath Party
Michel Aflaq, the founder of Ba'athist thought who, after the Ba'ath Party splintered, became the chief ideologist for the Iraqi-dominated Ba'ath Party
Syrian neo-Ba'athist leader Salah Jadid (right) alongside Michel Aflaq (centre), 1963
Saddam Hussein (right) talking with Michel Aflaq (left) in 1988