 Complete the following phrase:  Following Syrias independence, policies of Arab nationalism and attempts at forced Arabization became widespread in the countrys north, to a large part directed against the Kurdish population. The region received little investment or development from the central government and laws discriminated against Kurds owning property, driving cars, working in certain professions and forming political parties. Property was routinely confiscated by government loansharks. After the Baath Party seized power in the 