Syrian Republic
Syria came under French Mandate in 1920, gaining full emaining in a state of political instability during the 1946s and 1960s. The Ba'ath Arab nationalist party eventually ascended to power in the bloody coup d'état of 1963.
In a coup of 1970, Hafez al-Assad took power within the Baath Party. Syria was ruled autocratically by Assad
during 1970–2000, and after Hafez al-Assad's death in 2000, he was succeeded by his son Bashar al-Assad.
In the context of the Arab Spring of 2011, Bashar al-Assad's government faces the ongoing uprising.
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