 Kurwisana kukuru pakati pemasangano aArsuzi naAflaq kwakaitika pavakapopotedzana pamusoro penyaya ye1941 coup detat naRashid Ali al-Gaylani uye Hondo yeAnglo-Iraqi yakazotevera. Sangano raAflaq rakatsigira hurumende yaal-Gaylani nehondo yehurumende yeIraq kurwisa maBritish, uye rakaronga vanozvipira kuenda kuIraq kunorwira hurumende yeIraq. Zvisinei, Arsuzi akapikisa hurumende yaAl-Gaylani, achifunga kuti coup yakanga isina kurongwa zvakanaka uye yakundikana. Panguva ino, bato raArsuzi rakarasikirwa nenhengo uye rutsigiro rwakaendeswa kunharaunda yaAflaq. 