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President Shukri al-Quwatli on a state visit to Egypt in 1956
From left to right: President Gamal Abdul Nasser, Egyptian Vice President Abdul Latif al-Baghdadi, Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer, President Shukri al-Quwatli, Egyptian Vice President Zakariya Muhiddine. Standing behind Muhiddine is Abdullah al-Khani, the secretary-general of the Syrian Presidential Palace.

Gamal Abdul Nasser with his new government at the gates of the Presidential Palace in Damascus in 1958
President Nasser is standing with Syrian and Egyptian cabinet members of the UAR. Second from left is the socialist leader Akram al-Hawrani, who became Vice-President of the UAR. Next to him is Abdul Latiff al-Baghdadi, the Egyptian Vice-President, followed by Nasser, Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer, who became Governor of Syria, and Sabri al-Asali, his other Syrian Vice-President. Then stands Fakhir al-Kayyali, the Minister of Economy. Standing to the far right is the Baath Party co-founder Salah al-Bitar. In the middle row, second from left, is Abdul Hamid Sarraj, who became Minister of Interior in the UAR.

Presidents Gamal Abdul Nasser and Shukri al-Quwatli praying at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus in 1958
To the far end of the photo are Foreign Minister Salah al-Bitar and the Egyptian Speaker of Parliament Anwar al-Sadat, and behind the two presidents, in military uniform, is Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer.

Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer, governor of Syria during 1958-1961 touring the country's border with Israel
The Syrian-Israeli border on October 29, 1959. Amer (second from left) is accompanied by Jamal Faisal (third from left), commander of the Syrian Army in the United Arab Republic

President Gamal Abdul Nasser with top officials in the United Arab Republic (UAR) in 1959
From left to right: Vice President Sabri al-Asali, Vice President Abdul Latif al-Baghdadi, President Nasser, Commander of Syria during the UAR, Abdul Hakim Amer

Chief-of-Staff Afif al-Bizreh congratulating Presidents Quwatli and Nasser on union in 1958
From left to right: Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer, President Shukri al-Quwatli, President Gamal Abdul Nasser, Chief-of-Staff of the Syrian Army General Afif al-Bizreh

President Gamal Abdul Nasser parading into the Arab Mountain in 1958
Surrounding Nasser are his top officials in the United Arab Republic (UAR) Abdul Hakim Amer (left) and Interior Minister Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj

President Gamal Abdul Nasser with Sultan Pasha al-Atrash in the Arab Mountain in 1958
From left to right: Commander of the 1925 Revolt Sultan Pasha al-Atrash, President Gamal Abdul Nasser, Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer, governor of Syria during the United Arab Republic (UAR) in 1958-1961

An open letter from Fakhri al-Barudi to Abdul Hakim Amer in 1961
Barudi is warning him of the dangers facing union because of Egypt’s autocratic measures, saying: “Results are graver than what you can imagine!”

Presidents Shukri al-Quwatli and Gamal Abdul Nasser in Cairo in February 1958
The two presidents were in Cairo discussing creation of the Syrian-Egyptian union, known as the United Arab Republic (UAR). From left to right: President Quwatli, President Nasser, Egyptian Vice-President Abdul Latif al-Baghdadi, Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer.

President Gamal Abdul Nasser with Syrian officials at the balcony of the Presidential Palace in Damascus in February 1958
The photo, a rare one in colors, was taken while Syria and Egypt were announcing creation of the United Arab Republic (UAR) in February 1958. Fourth from left is UAR Vice President Akram al-Hawrani. Standing next to him are President Nasser, Syrian Prime Minister Sabri al-Asali, who also became Vice-President of the UAR, and Salah al-Bitar, Syria's Foreign Minister who became Minister of Culture in the UAR. Fourth from right is Egyptian Parliamentary Speaker Anwar al-Sadat, and second from right is Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer, Nasser's right-hand-man who became governor of the Syrian province during the UAR.

Talks over creating the Syrian-Egyptian union at the Presidential Palace in Damascus in February 1958
From left to right: President Gamal Abdul Nasser, Vice-President of the United Arab Republic Abdul Latif Baghdadi, ex-Syrian Prime Minister and current Defense Minister Khaled al-Azm, President Shukri al-Quwatli, Abdul Hakim Amer, the newly appointed governor of the Syrian province in the UAR

An invitation to attend Phase II of a housing complex in Aleppo on November 8, 1959
The ceremony is held under patronage of Abdul Hakim Amer, governor of Syria during the short-lived United Arab Republic (UAR). From the archives of Jamil Murad