Syrian History

1961 - 1970

Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm at a diner with Sadiq Ghrawi, the chocolate merchant of Damascus.

Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm visiting the Druze Mountain in 1962.

Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm visiting the Druze Mountain in 1962 and being welcomed by the Druze leader Sultan Pasha al-Atrash.

Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm attending a diner at the residence of the Damascus industrialist Sadiq Ghrawi in 1962.

Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm at a dinner ceremony with Mazhar al-Azma, the Minister of Agriculture, during the final months of t

An aging Sadiq Ghrawi supervising works at the Syrian Company for Biscuits and Chocolate in 1966.

Prime Minister Ma’ruf al-Dawalibi meeting with merchants from the Damascus Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1962.

Sami Droubi, the Syrian Ambassador to Egypt, presenting his credentials to Egyptian President Gamal Abdul-Nasser.

Sami Droubi, the Syrian Ambassador to Egypt, with his wife, Mrs Ihsan al-Bayat.

At an Arab summit in Libya in 1969, shortly after the September Revolution that toppled King Idris I and brought Colonel Mu’amma

President Nur al-Din al-Atasi welcoming a guest to Damascus during the years 1966-1970.

President Nazim al-Qudsi on September 17, 1962 with the cabinet of Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm.

A military base on the outskirts of Latakia in the 1960s.

President Nazim al-Qudsi attending an official function for the National Tree Day in 1962 with Mazhar al-Azma.

President Nazim al-Qudsi with Mazhar al-Azma, the Minister of Agriculture, at the National Tree Day in Damascus in 1962.

Sami Droubi, the Syrian Ambassador to Egypt, presenting the composer Mohammad Abdul Wahab with the Syrian Medal of Honor (Excell

Dr Mohammad al-Fadel, the attorney and future rector of Damascus University, with Leila Khaled, the member of the Popular Front

Egyptian President Gamal Abd al-Nasser at the home of Sami Droubi, the Syrian Ambassador to Egypt.

Arab leaders parading through Cairo in the late 1960s.

President Nazim al-Qudsi at an official ceremony in January 1963 with General Abd al-Karim Zahr al-Din.

General Lu’ayy al-Atasi, the president of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) in Syria.

Prime Minister Khalid al-Azm talking with Mazhar al-Azma, his Minister of Agriculture, in December 1962.

Arab leaders assembled in Cairo in 1968.

President Gamal Abd al-Nasser of Egypt receiving General Lu’ayy al-Atasi, the president of the Revolutionary Command Council (RC

President Nur al-Din al-Atasi with President Gamal Abd al-Nasser in Cairo after the Syrian-Egyptian defeat in the Arab-Israeli W

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