Word: hariri
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...revolution came as quietly as a sunrise. General Zahreddin suspected Colonel Mohammed Hariri, chief of the southern front command, of being a top conspirator and ordered him sent out of the country as military attaché to Jordan. Hariri refused to go, and the entire southern command backed him up. An armored column moved out from the Badani mili tary camp and entered Damascus, where the tanks patrolling the streets quickly joined the rebels. Scarcely a shot was fired as Syria changed its allegiance. Tempers were so cool that President Koudsi was allowed to remain at home with his family...