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President Shukri al-Quwatli addressing the masses in Aleppo in 1944
Standing next to the President (fourth from right) is Prime Minister Saadallah al-Jabiri.

The first Arab Summit in Anshas, Egypt, in May 1946
From left to right: Syrian Prime Minister Fares al-Khury, Saudi Crown Prince Saud Ibn Abdul-Aziz, Iraqi Crown Prince Abdul-Illah, President Shukri al-Quwatli, King Farouk of Egypt, King Abdullah of Jordan, President Bshara al-Khury of Lebanon, and Imam Yehya of Yemen.

President Shukri al-Quwatli being sworn-into office in August 1943
Standing behind him is Speaker of Parliament, Fares al-Khury.

Members of the al-Fatat group meeting in Dummar near Damascus in 1919
Front row, left to right: Prince Fayez al-Shihabi, Palestinian nationalist Rafiq al-Tamimi, Palestinian nationalist Awni Abdul Hadi, Ahmad Qadri, Muin al-Madi, Tawfiq Yazagi, Suheil Talab. Middle row: Wasfi al-Tasi, Ahmad Muraywed, Shukri al-Quwatli (future president of Syria), Prince Bahjat al-Shihsabi, Salim al-Attar, Zaki al-Tamimi, Husni al-Barazi (future prime minister of Syria). Back row: Adel al-Azma, Riad al-Sulh (future prime minister of Lebanon), Saadallah al-Jabiri (future prime minister of Syria), Afif al-Sulh, Palestinian nationalist Izzat Darwaza.

A group of leading Syrian nationalists in the late 1920s
Seated from left to right: Shukri al-Quwatli (future president), Saadallah al-Jabiri (future prime ministers), Rida al-Shurbaji (co-founder of the National Bloc), Sheikh Saleh al-Ali, commander of the Syrian Coastal Revolt of 1919. Standing are Hajj Adib Kheir (left) and Ibrahim Hananu, commander of the Aleppo Revolt

A very rare picture of Shukri al-Quwatli in the 1920s
A very rare picture of Shukri al-Quwatli in the 1920s, when he was living in exile between Geneva and Cairo as a member of the executive committee of the Syrian-Palestinian Congress.

The National Bloc welcoming Comte Henri de Martel, the new French High Commissioner in 1935
At the palace of Prime Minister Ata al-Ayyubi on December 22, 1935. From left to right: Bahjat al-Atasi, Said al-Ghazzi, Edmond Homsi, a French guest, Hashem al-Atasi, Comte De Martel, Ata al-Ayyubi, Faris al-Khury, Jamil Mardam Bey, Saadallah al-Jabiri, and Shukri al-Quwatli.

Leaders of the National Bloc receiving Riad al-Sulh in Damascus in 1934
Leaders of the National Bloc receiving Riad al-Sulh in Damascus in 1934. Front row (from left to right): Nasib al-Bakri, Saadallah al-Jabiri, Fares al-Khury, Ibrahim Hananu, Hashem al-Atasi, Riad al-Sulh, Abdul Ghafour Msouti, Abdul Qadir Kaylani, Jamil Mardam Bey. Back row (fifth from left): Zaki al-Khatib, Tawfiq al-Shishakli, Najib al-Rayyes, Mazhar Raslan, Naiim Antaki, Ihsan al-Sharif, and Shukri al-Quwatli. Standing behind the two sheikhs is Abdul-Rahman Kayyali.

President Quwatli dining with General Catroux at the Presidential Palace
The left side of the table is occupied by Syrian officials. Third from left is Nasuh al-Boukhari, then Jamil Mardam Bey, Lebanese Prime Minister Riad al-Sulh, President Shukri al-Quwatli, unidentified, then Lutfi al-Haffar. Catroux is sitting opposite Quwatli.

The National Bloc in 1943
From left to right: Parliament Speaker Fares al-Khury, President Shukri al-Quwatli, ex-President Hashem al-Atasi, Prime Ministers Saadallah al-Jabiri, Foreign Minister Jamil Mardam Bey, and Interior Minister Lutfi al-Haffar.

President Quwatli presiding over a meeting between Syrian and French officials in 1944
President Quwatli presiding over a meeting between Syrian and French officials in 1944.Seated on the Syrian side are Prime Minister Saadallah al-Jabiri, Foreign Minister Jamil Mardam Bey, and Lebanese Prime Minister Riad al-Sulh

President Shukri al-Quwatli meeting with an envoy of Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran
President Shukri al-Quwatli and Prime Minister Saadallah al-Jabiri meeting with an envoy of Shah Rida Pehlavi of Iran in Damascus in 1944

President Quwatli meeting Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden in Egypt in 1945
President Shukri al-Quwatli meeting Prime Minister Winston Churchill and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in Egypt in 1945. Churchill had just returned from the Yalta Conference during World War II

President Shukri al-Quwatli with a group of merchants from Damascus in the mid-1940s
Standing near him, in turban and Islamic costume is Abdul Hamid al-Tabba, leader of the populist Islamist group al-Gharra.