1954 Syrian coup d'état

1954 Syrian coup d'état
	Part of the Arab Cold War
Date	February 1954
Location	Syria
Result	Overthrow of Adib Shishakli
Belligerents
Syrian Government Arab Liberation Movement; Syrian Armed Forces loyalists	Syrian Armed Forces coup plotters; National Party; People's Party; Muslim Brotherhood; Communist Party; Ba'ath Party
Commanders and leaders
Adib Shishakli,; President and Prime Minister of Syria Salah Shishakli (army field commander) Rasmi Qudsi (army field commander) Abdul-Haq Shihada (gendarmerie commandant) Husain Hidda (army field commander) Omar Thamer (Aleppo garrison commandant)	Hashim al-Atassi; Sultan al-Atrash Shaukat Shuqair (army commander) Mustafa Hamdoun (Aleppo rebel commandant) Abdul-Jawad Raslan (Ladkia garrison commandant) Faisal Atassi (Aleppo rebel officer)

The 1954 Syrian coup d'état took place in February of that year to overthrow the government of Adib Shishakli. Leading the anti-Shishakli movement were former President Atassi and the veteran Druze leader Sultan al-Atrash.

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