1964 Hama riot
| 1964 Hama riot | |||||||
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| Part of the Arab Cold War | |||||||
In green is Old Hama, which was the epicenter of the insurrection. In blue is the Sultan Mosque, which served as the rebel headquarters. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ba'athist Syria | Muslim Brotherhood | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Amin al-Hafiz President of Syria Prime Minister of Syria Hamad Ubayd Commander of National Guard |
Marwan Hadid (POW) Leader of the Fighting Vanguard Mahmud al-Hamid (POW) Imam of Sultan Mosque Saʽid Hawwa | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 300+ killed or captured |
70-100 killed Several wounded and imprisoned. | ||||||
The 1964 Hama riot was a major riot and insurrection that took place in Hama, a city in northern Syria, between the newly installed Ba'athist government of Syria and the Muslim Brotherhood in April 1964. It occurred following the 1963 Ba'athist coup d'état, that placed the Ba'ath Party in power.
The insurrection was brutally suppressed with heavy military force, resulting in many mortal casualties and partial destruction of the old Hama city neighborhoods. However, despite the government successfully crushing the insurrection, Hama continued to be a center of Islamists and a focal point of the Islamist uprising in Syria (1979–1982).