A professor in the Department of the Middle East and Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto provided the following information on the above subjects during a telephone interview on 23 November 1992.
The Baath Party of Iraq was divided into two factions (Iraqi and pro-Syrian) in the 1960s as a result of ideological disagreements. The government of Iraq (which was dominated by the Iraqi faction) banned the pro-Syrian faction which was advocating the Syrian version of Baath ideology. Members of the pro-Syrian faction have been subject to ill-treatment since the 1960s.
The pro-Syrian Baath Party of Iraq considers itself as the only legitimate representative of Baath ideology in Iraq. In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, this party joined the coalition of a number of Iraqi opposition groups (including Kurdish and Shiite groups) seeking the overthrow of the present government of Iraq. The pro-Syrian party recently took part in a meeting of the above-mentioned coalition, which was held in North Iraq, and endorsed the proposed programme for the overthrow of the government of Iraq.
Additional and/or corroborating information on the above subject is currently unavailable to the DIRB.
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University of Toronto, Department of the Middle East and Islamic Studies, Toronto. 23 November 1992. Telephone Interview with Professor.