 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Assad akapinda muchirongwa che1963 cheSyria coup détatiyo yakaunza bazi romunharaunda reSyria reArab Socialist Baath Party kuti rive nesimba, uye utungamiriri hutsva hwakamugadza kuva mutungamiriri weSyria Air Force. Muna February 1966, Assad akabatanidzwa mukubvuta kwechipiri, uko kwakadonhedza vatungamiriri vechinyakare veBaath Party ndokuunza boka remauto rakanyanyisa rinotungamirwa naSalah Jadid. Assad akagadzwa gurukota rezvekudzivirirwa nehurumende itsva. Makore mana gare gare, Assad akatanga kudengenyeka kwechitatu uko kwakadzinga Jadid, uye akazvigadza somutungamiri asingapikiswi weSyria. 