Syrian History

1946 - 1954

President Hashim al-Atasi with Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm in Homs in 1950, meeting with the city’s Muslim leaders.

Syrian Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm in 1950.

Quotes by President Shukri al-Quwatli filling the streets of Damascus on Syria’s first Independence Day, April 17, 1946.

General Fawzi Selu, the head of state in Syria, at the opening of a conference for Arab Chambers of Commerce and Industry, held

Hanna Malek (right), the secretary-general of the Premiership, meeting the industrialist Sadiq Ghrawi in 1952.

President Shukri al-Quwatli with a group of dignitaries at the Presidential Palace in Syria, shortly after independence in 1946.

New 10-2006: Syrian Ambassador Najib al-Armanazi in Cairo in 1952 with Colonel Gamal Abdul-Nasser, the new strongman of Egypt.

New 10-2006: Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli, out-of-office and living in exile in Egypt, attending an official function with

An pamphlet from September 5, 1948 advertising a show in the summer resort of Bludan, near Damascus, by the actor Anwar al-Baba.

Dr Sabah Qabbani, Syria’s future Ambassador to the USA, as a young presenter on Syrian Radio in the early 1950s.

President Adib al-Shishakli with Prince Saud (later king) of Saudi Arabia in 1953.

New 08-2005: A diner at the Presidential Palace held in honor of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on June 29, 1950.

New 08-2005: The Homs Conference of 1953. This conference was in Homs by the opposition to the military regime of President Adib

A rare picture of General Sami al-Hinnawi, the Chief-of-Staff of the Syrian Army who toppled and killed President Husni al-Za’im

An early picture of General Shawkat Shuqayr, the Lebanese Druze officer in the Syrian Army.

Fawzi al-Qawiqji, a commander in the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.

President Fawzi Selu listening to a speech by General Adib al-Shishakli.

The Hollywood star Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), who made it to international fame in the classic "Casablanca" filming his movie

Ex-President Adib al-Shishakli in exile after his ousting from power in 1954. He is pictured here with his daughter.

Syria’s ex-President Adib al-Shishakli at his exile in Switzerland in the late 1950s.

Dr Zaki al-Jabi, the Syrian Ambassador to Argentina, congratulating the glamorous Eva Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron

General Adib al-Shishakli as a bearded officer in the first Arab-Israeli War of 1948.

President Adib al-Shishakli delivering a speech at the headquarters of his Arab Liberation Movement (ALM) in 1953.

President Adib al-Shishakli raising the Syrian Flag during the celebrations of Independence Day on April 17, 1953.

Women members of the Arab Liberation Movement (ALM) of Adib al-Shishakli saluting the Syrian President in 1953.

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