The Military Committee of the Ba'ath Party was a Syrian secret organization, initially consisting of 5 army officers who were supporters of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, which later became the ruli
Syrian officers after the coup.
Amin al-Hafiz, 1964.
Amin al-Hafez speech.
Syrian army officers, 1963.
On 18 July 1963, Nasserist officers in Syria unsuccessfully attempted to seize power from the Military Committee of the Ba'ath Party. The coup attempt had resulted in the killing dozens to hundreds of
Tank of the National Guard of the Ba'ath Party on the Damascus Square after the failed coup attempt
Jassem Alwan
Newspaper reports on the interrogation of nine Syrians. From left to right, from above to down - Nur Allah Haj Ibrahim, Rashid Qatini, Muhammad al-Sufi, Abdul Rahman Abdul Muttalib, Mohammed al-Baitar, Bassam Abdel Nur, Hekmat Hassan, Abdo Rai, Hamza al-Zoubi.