Ar-Rashid revolt

Ar-Rashid revolt
Part of the Cold War and the Arab Cold War
Date 3 July 1963 Location Ar-Rashid army camp, Baghdad, Iraq Result Coup attempt defeated
Belligerents
Iraqi Government Ba'ath Party Ba'ath National Guard Militia	Iraqi Communist Party Iraqi Army Communist Cell
Commanders and leaders
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Prime Minister of Iraq Hazim Jawad Secretary of the Ba'ath Party Regional Command	Muhammad Habib Leader of Baghdad Communist Cell Hasan Sari  Leader of Army Communist Cell
Strength
34,000 (Ba'ath National Guard Militia)	300–2,000
Casualties and losses
	1+

The ar-Rashid revolt was a failed coup d'etat and uprising against the Baathist government in Iraq in July 1963. The revolt was plotted by partisans of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) in junction with putschist military officers. The revolt failed to spread outside Baghdad and was crushed by the Baathist government forces.