1939 - 1945

Dr Adnan al-Atasi, the Syrian Ambassador to Spain, at the office of General Francisco Franco, the president of Spain in 1945.

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Prime Minister Ata al-Ayyubi at the courtyard of the Azm Palace in 1943.

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Prime Minister Ata al-Ayyubi at the gates of the Sarrail in 1943.

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The official portrait of President Shukri al-Quwatli when elected to office in August 1943. Quwatli was 51-years old.

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George Wadsworth, the US minister to Syria, at the gates of the Presidential Palace in Damascus on December 1, 1942.

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At the funeral of Syrian President Taj al-Din al-Hasani on January 18, 1943.

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The contingent of the Lebanese Army parading through Damascus during the celebrations of Syria's first independence day on April

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Syrian Prime Minister Faris al-Khury in San Francisco at the United Nations with US President Harry S. Truman on June 25, 1945.

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Prime Minister Jamil al-Ulshi (center) in 1943 with Mohammad al-Ayesh, the Minister of Economy under President Taj al-Din al-Has

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President Shukri al-Quwatli declaring Syria independent on April 17, 1946.

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