ocr: Complete independence from France was achieved in 1946. From1958-1961, Syria merged with Egypt to form the United Arab Republic. la 1963 Ba'athist military junta, the National Council ofthe Revolutionary Command, seizes power. Maj. Gen.. Amin al-Hatiz president. - 1966 Military junta of: radical Ba'ath Party members seizes power. - 1967 Israel overruns Syrian positions above Lake Tiberias, seizes Golan Heights and occupies Quneitra. Syria boycotts Arab Summit and rejects compromise with Israel. a 1970 Hafiz al-Assad seizes power in "corrective coup." la 1971 Assad elected president for sevenye ...
