 Jadid 's government has been referred to as Syria 's most radical government in history . He initiated rash and radical policies internally and externally , and tried to overturn Syrian society from the top to the bottom . While Assad and Jadid agreed ideologically , they did not agree on how to implement these beliefs in practice . The Military Committee , which had been the officers ' key decision @-@ making process during 1963 – 66 , lost its central institutional authority under Jadid because the fight against the Aflaqites was over – the key reason for the committee 's existence in the first place . While Jadid never acquired , or took the offices of Prime Minister or President , instead opting to rule through the office of Assistant Secretary of the Regional Command , he was the undisputed ruler of Syria from 1966 to 1970 . Before the 1966 coup , Jadid had controlled the Syrian armed forces through his post as Head of the Bureau of Officers ' Affairs , but from 1966 onwards Jadid became absorbed with running the country , and in his place , Assad was given the task of controlling the armed forces . This would later prove to be a mistake , and lead to Jadid 's downfall in the 1970 Corrective Revolution . 
