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Mohammad Hamdan Library
Seated in the Fifth from left (standing) in the last row is Ali Aslan, the
future Chief-of-Staff of the Syrian Army. Sixth in the same row is Mahmud
Shaalan Hamdan. In the last row (third from left) is Mustapha Tlass, the future
Defense Minister of Syria. Among other cadets in this photo are Ali Zaza
(future Interior Minister), Kamal Ghareeb, Walid Izzat, Hasan Hamdan, Zuheir
al-Sheikh, Jadaan Jadaan, Yasser Tellawi, Adham Hamdun, Bahjat al-Khayyer,
Mohammad Sharif, Najati Sibaii, Michel Haddad, Zureir Terkawi, and Omar
al-Abrash, one of the celebrated martyrs of the October War of 1973. Seated in
the front row (sixth from left) is director of the graduating class, Jassem
Alwan. Seated around him are Adnan al-Najjar, Marwan Sibaii, and Alhaitham
al-Ayyubi.