Ba'ath Party

The Arab Socialist Ba'th Party (also spelled Baath or Ba'ath; Arabic: ??? ????? ?????? ?????????) was founded in 1945 as a radical, left-wing, secular Arab nationalist political party. It functioned as a pan-Arab party with branches in different Arab countries, but was strongest in Syria and Iraq, coming to power in both countries in 1963. In 1966 the Syrian and Iraqi parties split into two rival organisations. Both Ba'th parties retained the same name and maintain parallel structures in the Arab world.

External links

• The five volumes of Michel Aflaq's "On The Way Of Resurrection" (Fi Sabil al Ba'th)in Arabic
• The (Iraqi) Baath party web site. It also include a section about the defence committe of Saddam Hussain in Arabic
• Online magazine (Sympathetic to the Goal of the Baath with sections about Saddam and the Baath) in Arabic, English and French
• Brief Syrian-focused official description
• Death of the dragon - from a bitter opponent of the Ba'ath
• The Constitution of the Arab Socialist Ba'th Party
• Syrian wing of the Ba'th Party (in Arabic)
• Syrian wing of the Ba'th Party (in English)
• Sudanese Ba'th Party (in Arabic)