 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ekuma1960, Hafez al-Assad akakwira mukurumbira muhurumende yeSyria kuburikidza ne1963 coup détat, yakatsigirwa nebato reBaath. Akabva akwidziridza Tlass kuti ave mukuru muchiuto uye mubato. Muna 1965, paakanga ari mutungamiriri wehondo yeBaathist yeHoms, Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Tlass akasunga vamwe vake vaitsigira hurumende. Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1966neboka reBaath rinodzorwa nemaAlawite rakawedzera kusimbisa al-Assad, uye nesangano reTlass. Kunetsana mukati mehurumende kwakakurumidza kuoneka, zvisinei, naAl-Assad achibuda semutsigiri mukuru weboka revarwi, rakapesana nechinangwa chepfungwa chevanonyanya kuruboshwe. Kukundwa kweSyria muHondo Yemazuva matanhatu ya1967 kwakanyadzisa hurumende, uye muna 1968 al-Assad akakwanisa kuisa Tlass semukuru mutsva wevashandi. Pashure pokukundikana kwokuedza kupindira kweSiria mukurwisana kweBlack September, kurwisana kwesimba kwakauya mukurwisana pachena. 