Adlai Stevenson, US presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956, signing the guestbook at the Presidential Palace in Damascus in 1953 after meeting with President Adib al-Shishaki. Standing next to him is Chief of Protocol, Abdullah al-Khani.

At the graduation of new cadets from the Police Academy in 1947. Front row from left to right : An officer, Aref Sidqi Tarakji, instructor of legal medicine, Fouad Shbat, instructor of administrative law, Police Commander and future President of the Republic Husni al-Zaim, Hanna Malek, instructor of criminal law, Salah Nahhas, instructor of medical science, Jamal Miqdad, director of the Police Academy.

Interior Minister Muhsen al-Barazi (third from left) at the Police Academy in Damascus in the mid-1940s. Third from left is Nasuh al-Ayyubi, the secretary-general of the Ministry of Interior. In military uniform next to Barazi is Hrant Menkolian, the commander of the Syrian Gendarmerie.

Muhsen al-Barazi, the Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace (left) with Hanna Malek, the future Attorney-General of the Republic, in the mid-1940s. In the center stands Ghalib Mirzo, a former judge who went on to become Chief-of-Police.

Asaad Kourani, the future Minister of Justice under General Husni al-Za’im, delivering a speech in Aleppo in 1946. Seated to his right is Prince Mustapha al-Shihabi, the ex-Minister of Agriculture. To his left (backs turned to the speaker) are the Aleppo parliamentarians Ahmad Qanbar and Nazem al-Qudsi, the future prime minister and president of Syria