Syrian History

1939 - 1945

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

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

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

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

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

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

The contingent of the Lebanese Army parading through Damascus during the celebrations of Syria's first independence day on April

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

Prime Minister Jamil al-Ulshi (center) in 1943 with Mohammad al-Ayesh, the Minister of Economy under President Taj al-Din al-Has

Prime Minister Jamil al-Ulshi (1883-1951).

Prime Minister Jamil al-Ulshi, who served as Acting President after Taj al-Din al-Hasani died from January to April 1943.

Prime Minister Jamil al-Ulshi (saluting) in an official procession in 1943.

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

Shukri al-Quwatli, the president-elect of Syria, in August 1943 at the Syrian Parliament.

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

Syrian Prime Minister Faris al-Khury in San Francisco at the United Nations with US President Harry S. Truman on June 25, 1945.

President Shukri al-Quwatli welcoming Prince Faysal (later king) of Saudi Arabia on Independence Day (April 17, 1946).

Sulayman al-Murshed, as a deputy in the Syrian Parliament, in 1936.

President Shukri al-Quwatli declaring Syria independent on April 17, 1946.

Sulayman al-Murshed, as a deputy in the Syrian Parliament, having dinner in his native village in the 1930s.

The celebrations of Syria's first independence day on April 17, 1946. The picture is taken on the Shukri al-Quwatli Street, wher

A very rare photograph of King Abd al-Aziz of Saudi Arabia (middle) with President Shukri al-Quwatli, in Bedouin uniform, in the

A parade in Damascus during the celebrations of independence on April 17, 1946.

President Shukri al-Quwatli at the gates of the Sarail (government headquarters) in 1946 with Prime Minister Saadallah al-Jabiri

A contingent of the Egyptian Army parading through Damascus during the celebrations of Syria's first independence day on April 1

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