 Hondo iyi yakaita kuti zvinhu zvichinje kuAssad uye kuhurumende yeBaath muSyria, uye kuedza kwake kumubvisa pachigaro kwakatanga kurwisana naJadid kuti atonge nyika. Kusvikira panguva iyeyo Assad akanga asina kuratidza chishuvo chebasa rapamusoro, achimutsa fungidziro shomanene muvamwe. Kubva muna 1963 kuSyria coup détatKusvikira kuHondo Yemazuva matanhatu muna 1967, Assad haana kutamba basa rinotungamirira mune zvematongerwe enyika uye kazhinji kazhinji akanga ari mumvuri wevaakamborarama navo. Sezvakanyorwa naPatrick Seale, akanga achiita sokuti akagutsikana nokuva nhengo yakasimba yeboka racho pasina chido chokuva nhamba imwe. Kunyange zvazvo Jadid akanga anononoka kuona tyisidziro yaAssad, nokukurumidza pashure pehondo Assad akavamba kukudziridza sangano muuto uye akasimudzira shamwari nehama dzepedyo kuzvinzvimbo zvakakwirira. 