Editing Antoun Saadeh (section)

===Return to Lebanon and execution===
[[File:Antun Sa'ada.jpg|thumb|upright|Saadeh in Lebanon]]
Saadeh returned to Lebanon on 2 March 1947, following the country's independence from France. After his return, he made a revolutionary speech, upon which the authorities issued an arrest warrant in force for seven months and withdrew. In Lebanon, Saadeh founded the newspaper ''Al-Jil Al-Jadid''. On 4 July 1949, the party declared a revolution in Lebanon in retaliation for a series of provocations staged by the government of Lebanon against party members. <!--Citation needed for what looks rather like SSNP propaganda. These acts were supported by foreign powers trying to limit the influence of the party in the anti-sectarian movement and its influence on the Palestinian issue and in the spreading of the idea of a stronger united and independent Syrian Nation. --> The revolt was suppressed and Saadeh travelled to [[Damascus]] to meet with [[Husni al-Za'im]], the President of [[Syria]] at the time, who had previously agreed to support him. However, he was handed over by al-Zai'm to the Lebanese authorities. Saadeh and many of his followers were judged by a Lebanese military court and executed by a firing squad, including Saadeh himself.{{sfn|Johnson|2001|p=150}} The capture, trial and execution happened in less than 48 hours.<ref name=armanazi>{{cite news|last=Armanazi |first=Ghayth |title=The Arab Poet Laureate: An Appreciation of Adonis |url=http://thelondonmagazine.org/issues/oct-nov-2011/the-arab-poet-laureate-an-appreciation-of-adonis/ |access-date=24 October 2012 |newspaper=The London Magazine |date=October–November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620184957/http://thelondonmagazine.org/issues/oct-nov-2011/the-arab-poet-laureate-an-appreciation-of-adonis/ |archive-date=20 June 2013 }}</ref> Saadeh's execution took place at the dawn of 8 July 1949.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} According to Adel Beshara, it was and still is the shortest and most secretive trial given to a political offender.{{fact|date=March 2023}}

His party continued to be active after his death. Saadeh's party supported the President of Lebanon [[Camille Chamoun]] during the [[1958 Lebanon crisis]]. In 1961, the SSNP attempted a coup d'état against President [[Fuad Shihab]], which failed. During the 1960s, party leaders were arrested, and the party was eventually splintered into separate factions.{{sfn|Johnson|2001|p=150}}