 Complete the following phrase:  The Arab Socialist Baath Party  Syria Region  Ḥizb al-Bath al-Arabī al-Ishtirākī  Quṭr Sūriyā, officially the Syrian Regional Branch Syria being a region of the Arab nation in Baath ideology, is a neo-Baathist organisation founded on 7 April 1947 by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar and followers of Zaki al-Arsuzi. It was first the regional branch of the original Baath Party 19471966 before it changed its allegiance to the Syrian-dominated Baath movement 1966present following the 1966 split within the original Baath Party. The party has ruled Syria continuously since the 