1946 - 1954

Hanna Malek (right), the secretary-general of the Premiership, meeting the industrialist Sadiq Ghrawi in 1952.

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New 10-2006: Syrian Ambassador Najib al-Armanazi in Cairo in 1952 with Colonel Gamal Abdul-Nasser, the new strongman of Egypt.

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Syrian Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm in 1950.

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General Fawzi Selu, the head of state in Syria, at the opening of a conference for Arab Chambers of Commerce and Industry, held

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President Shukri al-Quwatli with a group of dignitaries at the Presidential Palace in Syria, shortly after independence in 1946.

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New 10-2006: Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli, out-of-office and living in exile in Egypt, attending an official function with

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President Hashim al-Atasi with Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm in Homs in 1950, meeting with the city’s Muslim leaders.

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Quotes by President Shukri al-Quwatli filling the streets of Damascus on Syria’s first Independence Day, April 17, 1946.

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President Fawzi Selu listening to a speech by General Adib al-Shishakli.

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New 08-2005: The Homs Conference of 1953. This conference was in Homs by the opposition to the military regime of President Adib

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