Syrian History

1970 - 2000

New 08-2005: Syrian President Hafez al-Asad with French Prime Minister Raymond Barre during the French premier’s visit to Damasc

President Hafez al-Asad in a souvenir picture with the third cabinet of Prime Minister Abdel Raouf al-Kassem on April 8, 1985.

Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara returning to his seat at the Madrid Peace Conference in October 1991.

Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara at the Madrid Peace Conference in October 1991. For the conference, he had prepared a mo

Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara with President George Bush at the Madrid Peace Conference.

President Hafez al-Asad in an official visit to France in 1998, accompanied by French President Jacques Chirac.

French President Jacques Chirac greeting President Hafez al-Asad of Syria in Paris in 1999.

Syrian President Hafez al-Asad welcoming French President Jacques Chirac to Damascus.

President Hafez al-Asad meets US President George Bush on November 23, 1990.

The Syrian team with President Asad in Geneva on November 23, 1990.

US President Bill Clinton in Damascus on October 27, 1994.

Prime Minister Abdel Raouf al-Kassem delivering a speech in Damascus in 1982.

A condolence telegram sent by Khalid Bakdash, the veteran leader of the Syrian Communist Party, to the family of Sami Droubi, on

Dr Mohammad al-Fadel (1917-1977), the rector of Damascus University in 1976-1977 who was one of the most prominent legal minds o

New 08-2005: Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) during the Syrian Army’s siege of his

President Hafez al-Asad at the Azm Palace in Damascus with a group of Syrian artists in 1973.

Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Harriri with Syrian Minister of Defense Mustapha Tlas in Beirut in 2002.

At the residence of Prime Minister Rafiq al-Harriri in Beirut in 2002.

General Mustapha Tlas the Minister of Defense, at a military parade in the early 1990s with General Ali Haydar, the commander of

President Hafez al-Asad at a military parade with his Minister of Defense Mustapha Tlas in the mid-1980s.

Lebanese President Amin Gemayel in Damascus with General Mustapha Tlas, the Syrian Minister of Defense on February 29, 1984.

President Hafez al-Asad at a military event in the 1980s with his two top generals, Chief-of-Staff Hikmat Shihabi and Defense Mi

New 08-2005: Ahmad al-Khatib, the forgotten president of Syria who ruled from November 1970 to March 1971.

New 08-2005: Ahmad al-Khatib, the president of Syria, who ruled briefly from November 1970 to March 1971.

New 08-2005: General Ghazi Kenaan, the commander of Syrian forces in Lebanon, jogging on the Rawsheh district in then-called Wes

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