 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Syria yakava republic yakazvimirira muna 1946, asi March 1949 Syrian coup détat, inotungamirwa naChief of Staff Husni al-Zaim, yakapedza nguva yekutanga yekutonga kwevanhu. Zaim akasangana kanenge katanhatu nevashandi veCIA mumwedzi yakatangira kudengenyeka kwenyika kuti vakurukure hurongwa hwake hwokutora simba. Zaim akakumbira mari kana kuti vashandi vokuAmerica, asi hazvizivikanwi kana rubatsiro urwu rwakapiwa. Zvaakanga ava nesimba, Zaim akaita zvisarudzo zvinokosha zvakawanda zvakabatsira United States. Akabvumira Trans-Arabian Pipeline TAPLINE, chirongwa cheAmerica chakagadzirirwa kutakura mafuta eSaudi Arabia kuenda kuzviteshi zveMediterranean. Kuvakwa kweTAPLINE kwakanga kwambononoka nemhaka yokusateerera kweSyria. Zaim akavandudzawo ukama nevavengi vaviri veAmerica munharaunda yacho: Israeri neTurkey. Akasaina chibvumirano neIsrael, achigumisa zvepamutemo Hondo yeArabhu-yeIsrael ya1948 uye akaramba kuti Siriya ndiyo yaida kuti Hatay Province ive nzvimbo yayo, iyo inokonzera kukakavadzana kukuru pakati peSyria neTurkey. Zaim akarwisawo vaKomonisiti vomunzvimbomo. Zvisinei, utongi hwaZaim hwakagara kwenguva pfupi. Akadzingwa muna August, mwedzi mina chete nehafu atora simba. 