 In the aftermath of the 1964 riot in Hama and other cities , the radicals were on the retreat and the Aflaqites regained control for a brief period . Bitar formed a new government which halted the nationalisation process , reaffirm respect for civil liberties and private property . However , these policy changes did not win sufficient support , and the population at large still opposed Ba 'ath Party rule . The upper classes continued to disinvest capital and smuggle capital out of the country , and the only foreseeable solution to this loss of capital was continuing with nationalisation . The party 's left @-@ wing argued that the bourgeoisie would never be won over unless they were given total control over the economy as they had before . It was this power struggle between the moderate Aflaqites who dominated the National Command of the Ba 'ath Party and the radicals who dominated the Syrian Regional Command of the Ba 'ath Party which led to the 1966 coup d 'état . 
