Corrective Movement (Syria)
The Corrective Movement ( "al-Ḥarakah at-Taṣḥīḥīyah"), also referred to as the Corrective Revolution or 1970 coup, was a political movement in Syria, initiated by a coup d'état, led by General Hafez al-Assad on 13 November 1970. Al-Assad's program of reform, considered revolutionary in Syria, aimed to sustain and improve the "nationalist socialist line" of the state and the Ba'ath party. Al-Assad would rule Syria until his death in 2000, after which he was succeeded by his son Bashar al-Assad.