1961 Syrian coup d'état

1961 Syrian coup d'état
	Part of the Arab Cold War
	; Military officer Abdel Karim Zahreddine speaks on the radio about the dissolution of the UAR and the separation of Syria, September of 1961.
Date	28 September 1961
Location	Syria, United Arab Republic33°30′47″N 36°17′31″E / 33.51306°N 36.29194°E
Result	Coup successful Syrian independence restored; Repeal of socialist UAR's laws, reversal of nationalization of several industries and currency unification; Writing of a new constitution, Constitution of 1950 in force; Series of coups and counter-coups culminate in the coup of 8 March 1963;
Belligerents
United Arab Republic	Syrian Arab Republic Supreme Arab Revolutionary Command of the Armed Forces; National Party; People's Party; Muslim Brotherhood; Communist Party; Ba'ath Party; Arab Liberation Movement;
Commanders and leaders
Gamal Abdel Nasser; Abdel Hakim Amer; Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj; Maj.-Gen. Anwar al-Qadi; Lt.-Col. Jassem Alwan; Lt.-Gen. Jamal al-Faisal	Lt.-Col. Abd al-Karim al-Nahlawi; Lt.-Col. Haydar al-Kuzbari; Maamun al-Kuzbari; Maj.-Gen. Abd al-Karim Zahreddine; Akram al-Hawrani; Nazim al-Kudsi; Maarouf al-Dawalibi; Salah al-Din al-Bitar; Capt.Mohamad Bahaa Mahmalji
	1961 Syrian coup d'état Location within Syria

The Syrian coup d'état of 1961 was an uprising by disgruntled Syrian Army officers on 28 September 1961, that resulted in the break-up of the United Arab Republic and the restoration of an independent Syrian Republic.

While the army had all the power, it chose not to rule directly and instead entrusted politicians from the traditional political parties of the earlier Syrian Republic to form the secessionist government. The restored country was a continuation of the Syrian Republic, but due to the influence of Nasserists and Arab nationalists it adopted a new name and became the Syrian Arab Republic. The restored regime was fragile and chaotic as internal army struggles influenced government policy. The traditionalist conservative politicians were increasingly out of touch with the radicalized army, which eventually swept the old order away in the coup of 8 March 1963.