 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa29 Kurume 1949, hurumende yenyika yeSyria yakadzingwa nechisimba chemauto chakatungamirwa naHussni al-Zaim. Chikonzero chechiito ichi chaive kunyadziswa kwakaitwa neSyria Army zvichitevera Hondo yeArab-Israeli. Muenzaniso weiri nyadzi unogona kuonwa muizvo tichadana kuti Samneh Scandal ya 1948. Maererano naPatrick Seale, Purezidhendi Shukri al-Quwatli nomutungamiriri wehurumende yake mutsva vakabva vaenda kunoshanyira nzvimbo dzomumutsetse wapamberi nenzvimbo dzokutengesera. Nhau yacho inoti vezvematongerwe enyika vaviri vacho vakacherekedza kunhuhwa kunovava kwaibva mukicheni yomumunda. Pakubvunza vakaudzwa kuti rwakabva mukupisa mafuta okubika. Quwatli akarayira kuti gaba idzva rivhurwe uye zai ribikwe pamberi pake. Mafuta acho zvakare akaparira kunhuwa kunosemesa: Mutungamiriri akaaravira ndokutaura kuti aiva omhando yepasi. Mimwe mienzaniso yakatumirwa kuti iongororwe uye yakaratidza kuti mafuta acho akanga akagadzirwa nemarara emapfupa. Pashure pacho, Quwatli akarayira kusungwa kwacolonel nokuda kwokutsvaka mari. Pashure pechiitiko ichi, vakuru vakuru vakatsamwa apo vanhuwo zvavo vakavabata mhino dzavo, kureva kunhuwirira kwemafuta okubika. Musi wa14 Nyamavhuvhu 1949, Zaim akakundwa nemumwe wake Sami al-Hinnawi. Mwedzi mishomanana gare gare, muna December 1949, Hinnawi akakundwa naColonel Adib al-Shishakli. Iyi yokupedzisira yakaderedza kutonga kwevagari vemo uye yakatungamirira kuShishakli kutora simba rose muna 1951. Shishakli akaramba achitonga nyika kusvikira muna 1954, apo kushorwa kwevanhu kwakanga kuri kuwedzera kwakamumanikidza kusiya basa uye kusiya nyika. Hurumende yenyika yakadzorerwa, asi zvakare kutarisana nokusagadzikana, nguva ino ichibva kunze kwenyika. Mushure mokubviswa kwaPurezidhendi Shishakli mukubudirira kweFebruary 1954, kuenderera mberi kwezvematongerwe enyika kwakatsigirwa nemapoka anokwikwidza mumauto pakupedzisira kwakaunza maArab nationalist uye socialist masimba. 