1939 - 1945

The official portrait of President Shukri al-Quwatli when elected to office in August 1943. Quwatli was 51-years old.

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George Wadsworth, the US minister to Syria, at the gates of the Presidential Palace in Damascus on December 1, 1942.

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At the funeral of Syrian President Taj al-Din al-Hasani on January 18, 1943.

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Dr Adnan al-Atasi, the Syrian Ambassador to Spain, at the office of General Francisco Franco, the president of Spain in 1945.

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Prime Minister Ata al-Ayyubi at the courtyard of the Azm Palace in 1943.

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Prime Minister Ata al-Ayyubi at the gates of the Sarrail in 1943.

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The court hearing in the murder of Syria's nationalist leader Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar in 1940

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A celebration at the Officers Club in Damascus on April 17, 1946, attended by troops from the Syrian, Egyptian, Saudi Arabian, L

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President Shukri al-Quwatli in Parliament in 1944 with Akram al-Hawrani.

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One of the few photos of Bahij al-Khatib, the Head of the Government of Directors (a replacement of the normal cabinet) created

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