1958 - 1961

Gamal Abd al-Nasser delivering a speech from the balcony of the Presidential Palace in Damascus in 1961.

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General Jamal Faysal, the commander of the Syrian Army during the short-lived Syrian-Egyptian union in 1958-1961.

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Gamal Abd al-Nasser welcoming President Shukri al-Quwatli to Cairo.

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New 10-2006: President Gamal Abdul-Nasser with Colonel Abdul-Hamid Sarraj, the Syrian Minister of Interior, during the Syrian-Eg

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Pro-Nasser demonstrations in Damascus, demanding to preserve the UAR on September 28, 1961.

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Egyptian parachuters returning to Port Said (Egypt) after launching a failed landing in Syria, aimed at foiling the coup d'etat

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Gamal Abd al-Nasser delivering a speech in Damascus in February 1960.

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Shukri al-Quwatli, the co-founder of the UAR, giving his first and only televised speech in October 1961, supporting the militar

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Gamal Abd al-Nasser attending a celebration of Syria's Independence Day on April 17, 1959.

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President Gamal Abd al-Nasser of Egypt in January 1958 meeting with a group of Syrian officers who came to Cairo to plead for Sy

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