▁Al ong ▁with ▁Ma ar ou f ▁al - D aw al ib i , ▁F ay di ▁al - At ass i ▁and ▁Ah med ▁Q an bar , ▁Haw mad ▁advoc ated ▁that ▁the ▁nomin ally ▁pro - West ern ▁party ▁adopt ▁neutral ism ▁in ▁the ▁Cold ▁War , ▁so ▁as ▁not ▁to ▁je op ard ize ▁Sy rian ▁relations ▁with ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁T ogether , ▁they ▁succeeded ▁in ▁prevent ing ▁the ▁r uling ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁from ▁align ing ▁with ▁the ▁pro - West ern ▁camp . ▁ ▁N asser ism ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁Haw mad ▁became ▁a ▁devoted ▁N asser ist , ▁a ▁supp orter ▁of ▁Egypt ian ▁President ▁Gam al ▁Ab del ▁N asser ' s ▁pan - A rab ▁leadership . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁shift ▁from ▁his ▁previous ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁Hash em ites , ▁N asser ' s ▁main ▁Arab ▁riv als ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁He ▁supported ▁the ▁union ▁of ▁Sy ria ▁and ▁Egypt ▁into ▁the ▁United ▁Arab ▁Republic ▁( U AR ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁only ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁( all ▁parties ▁were ▁dissol ved ▁following ▁the ▁union ' s ▁establishment ) ▁to ▁serve ▁in ▁the ▁U AR ' s ▁Northern ▁Region ▁( S y rian ) ▁cabinet . ▁On ▁ 1 6 ▁August ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁Minister ▁of ▁State ▁for ▁Pl anning ▁and ▁was ▁based ▁in ▁C airo . ▁ ▁He ▁returned