1970 Syrian coup d'etat

1970 Syrian coup d'etat
	Part of the Arab Cold War
	; Hafez al-Assad shortly after the success of the movement
Date	13–16 November 1970
Location	Syrian Arab Republic
Result	Assadist victory Overthrow of Salah Jadid and his allies; Nureddin al-Atassi remains in office of President until 18 November 1970; Ahmad al-Khatib becomes acting President on 18 November 1970; Appointment of a temporary regional command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region; Purge of Aflaqists from the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region; Condemnation of Michel Aflaq and Amin al-Hafiz to death in absentia; Establishment of Hafez al-Assad's personality cult; Beginning of al-Assad family's hereditary rule in 1971;
Belligerents
Syrian Government; Ba'ath Party;	Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Salah Jadid (POW); Nureddin al-Atassi	Hafez al-Assad; Rifaat al-Assad; Mustafa Tlass; Iskandar Salama
Casualties and losses
	No deaths
	Jadid and Assad conflict (30 October 1970–12 November 1970)

The 1970 Syrian coup d'etat, also called the Corrective Revolution (Arabic: ثورة التصحيح, romanized: Thawrat al-Tashih) or the Corrective Movement (Arabic: الحركة التصحيحية, romanized: al-Ḥarakah at-Taṣḥīḥīyya), was a bloodless military coup d'état led by General Hafez al-Assad on 13 November 1970 in Syria. Assad promised to sustain and improve the "nationalist socialist line" of the state and the Ba'ath Party. The Ba'ath party adopted an ideological revision, absolving itself of Salah Jadid's doctrine of exporting revolutions. The new doctrine placed emphasis on defeating Israel, by developing the Syrian military with the support of the Soviet Union.

Assad would rule Ba'athist Syria until his death in 2000, after which he was succeeded by his son Bashar al-Assad who in turn ruled until the collapse of his regime in December 2024.