 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Al-Razzaz, mutsivi waAflaq saMunyori Mukuru, akabva muboka raitsigira Aflaq. Nokutsauka kwaal-Hafez, akarayira kuti National Command yaive de jure inotonga muviri weBaath Party. Akagadza al-Bitar Prime Minister, Umran gurukota rezvekudzivirirwa, Mansur al-Atrash sachigaro weNational Council yeRevolutionary Command uye al-Hafiz akachengetedza chinzvimbo chake seMutungamiri weSyria. Salah Jadid, murume akasimba weDare reMasoja, akapindura nokusunga vatsigiri vanoverengeka veUmran. Umran akapindura nokudzinga vashoma vevakuru vakuru vaitsigira vaJadid. Chinonyanya kukosha chekudzingwa uku kwaive kubviswa kwaAhmad Suwaydani kubva pachigaro chemukuru wezvekuchenjera kwemauto munyika kuenda kumukuru weOfficer Administration. Musi waFebruary 23 coup détatvaitungamirirwa naJadid naHafiz al-Assad vakakoromora Hurumende yeSyria nevatungamiriri veBaath Party. Aflaq akadzingwa muSyria, uye akarayirwa kuti asazombodzokera kumusha kwake. Nhengo dzevamwe mapoka ebato vakatiza; Aflaq akabatwa ndokuvharirwa, pamwe nevamwe vatsigiri veAflaq, muimba yevaenzi yehurumende. Apo vatongi vatsva vakatanga kuchenesa muna Nyamavhuvhu gore iroro, Aflaq akakwanisa kutiza, achibatsirwa naNasim Al Safarjalani naMalek Bashour, vese shamwari dzepedyo uye vaaishanda navo, uye nekudaro akakwanisa kutizira kuBeirut, Lebanon, uye gare gare kuBrazil. 