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The Aleppo industrialist and notable, Sami Saem al-Daher greeting President Gamal Abdul Nasser
The Aleppo industrialist and notable, Sami Saem al-Daher greeting President Gamal Abdul Nasser at his home during the Syrian-Egyptian Union in 1960. Saem al-Daher famously treated Nasser lavishly, who in turn, nationalized all private property in Syria only one week later.

General Adib al-Shishakli in Cairo, congratulating the Free Officers on the Egyptian Revolution of 1952
From left: General Adib al-Shishakli - General Mohammad Najib, president of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC). Behind Shishakli is Colonel Gamal Abdul Nasser the Minister of Interior

President Adib al-Shishakli with the new leaders of Egypt after the Free Officers Revolution in 1952
From left to right: Colonel Gamal Abdul Nasser - General Adib al-Shishakli - President of the Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council Mohammad Najib

Prime Minister Said al-Ghazzi visiting Gamal Abdul Nasser at his office in Cairo in 1954
Second from left is the Syrian Chief-of-Staff Shawkat Shuqayr, in white civilian suit, followed by Ghazzi then Nasser (in military uniform).

The Syrian-Egyptian-Saudi Defense Agreement being signed on March 15, 1956
Presidents Shukri al-Quwatli, King Saud, President Gamal Abdul Nasser

At a semi-Arab Summit in Cairo in February 1957
From left to right: President Gamal Abdul Nasser, King Saud, President Shukri aal-Quwatli, King Hussein of Jordan

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.

Syrian Foreign Minister Faydi al-Atasi with President Gamal Abdul Nasser in Cairo in 1954
From left to right: Foreign Minister Faydi al-Atasi, President Gamal Abdul Nasser, Egyptian War Minister Shams Badran

President Shukri al-Quwatli signing the union pact with President Gamal Abdul Nasser in February 1958
President Shukri al-Quwatli signing the union pact with President Gamal Abdul al-Nasser of Egypt, in February 1958. Behind Quwatli stands Abdullah al-Khani, the secretary-general of the Presidential Palace, and next to him is Prime Minister Sabri al-Asali and Defense Minister Khaled al-Azm. To the far left is Economy Minister Fakher al-Kayyali

Presidents Shukri al-Quwatli and Gamal Abdul Nasser parading through Cairo in February 1958
Presidents Shukri al-Quwatli and Gamal Abd al-Nasser parading through Cairo after creating the United Arab Republic (UAR) in 1958.

King Saud of Saudi Arabia congratulating the Syrian and Egyptian leaders on the United Arab Republic in 1958
From left to right: King Saud, President Shukri al-Quwatli, President Gamal Abdul Nasser

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 Shukri al-Quwatli and Gamal Abdul Nasser at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus in 1958
From left to right: Vice President of the UAR Akram al-Hawrani, President Gamal Abdul Nasser, President Shukri al-Quwatli, Vice President Abdul Latiff al-Baghdadi, Interior Minister Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj

President Gamal Abdul Nasser with the first Syrian Industry Minister Wajih al-Samman in 1960
From left to right: Interior Minister Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj, Industry Minister Wajih al-Samman, President Gamal Abdul Nasser