 Complete the following phrase:  The second Peoples Party, representing northern Syrian commercial and landholding interests, favored the Fertile Crescent Plan and initiated diplomatic steps to implement it. However, the National Party and factions in the army were determined to block any plans for unity with Iraq as long as it had a military treaty with Great Britain. It was also opposed by Syrians who did not wish to live under a monarchy or in a pro-British state. The closest the plan came to fruition was during the regime August-December 1949 of Colonel Sami al-Hinnawi, who had installed a Peoples Party government that entered negotiations to achieve unity. The opportunity was aborted by Colonel Adib Shishaklis coup détat. Any faint hope remaining for the Fertile Crescent Plan ended with the 