"Muhammad al-Sufi was a general in the Syrian Army, who played a role in the 1963 Syrian coup d'\u00E9tat and briefly served as Defense Minister between March and May of that year. Politically a Nasserist, he was sidelined by Ba'athist rivals in the military and departed the political scene before returning to Syria in the 1990s."@en . "Sufi, Muhammad al-"@en . . "1963-05-02Z"^^ . . "Muhammad al-Sufi"@en . "Minister of Defense" . . "Syrian politician" . . "1963-03-08Z"^^ . . .