Soviet policy actively discouraged pan-Arabism in favor of separate state relations

Evidence

Pan-Arabism was also adversely affected by the growth and spread of Soviet influence in the Arab countries. This happened in two different ways. The Soviets themselves dislike supranational ideologies not controlled by them, and discour­ aged pan-Arabism among their own followers, preferring to deal separately with the individual Arab states. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 927