Salah Jadid, an Alawi from the Lattakia province of Western Syria, rose to prominence within a secret military faction of the Baath Party, which had been formed in the late 1950s, and which led the Baathist takeover in Syria in 1963.
Salah Jadid rose to prominence within a secret military faction of the Baath Party, which had been formed in the late 1950s, and which led the Baathist takeover in Syria in 1963. Salah Jadid was an Alawi from the Lattakia province of Western Syria.