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Do the Ba’ath parties of Iraq and Syria remain true to their original ideologies?

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Under Hafez al-Assad in Syria and Saddam Hussein (who succeeded al-Bakr and remained the titular leader of the party until his execution in 2006) in Iraq, both nations moved away from Ba'athist principles, although the ruling parties retained the Ba'ath name.

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