Syrian History

1958 - 1961

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

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

New 10-2006: Abdul-Hamid Sarraj, the Syrian Minister of Interior, giving a press conference in Cairo during the years of the Uni

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

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

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

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

Haydar al-Kuzbari (1920-1996), co-planner of a military coup that toppled the UAR regime on September 28, 1961.

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

Gamal Abd al-Nasser announcing that a military coup has dissolved the UAR on September 28, 1961.

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

A petition drafted by notables in Damascus, demanding an end to the UAR.

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

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

Presidents Shukri al-Quwatli and Gamal Abd al-Nasser receiving Mohammad Badr, the Crown Prince of Yemen in Damascus in 1959.

Women Scouts parading in Damascus to celebrate the Iraqi Revolution that took place on July 14, 1958 and toppled the monarchy of

Crowds assembled in Damascus to hear Gamal Abd al-Nasser give a speech in 1958.

Gamal Abd al-Nasser delivering a speech in 1959.

Gamal Abd al-Nasser delivering a speech in Aleppo on February 17, 1960.

President Gamal Abd al-Nasser receiving ex-President Hashim al-Atasi at the Presidential Palace in Damascus in 1958.

The funeral of President Hashim al-Atasi in Homs on December 6, 1960.

The funeral procession of the late President Hashim al-Atasi passing through Homs in December 1960.

Mourners in the funeral of the late President Hashim al-Atasi in Homs in December 1960.

President Gamal Abd al-Nasser with former President Shukri al-Quwatli and Mohammad al-Badr, the Crown Prince of Yemen, on March

Gamal Abd al-Nasser receiving a delegation of students from the Syrian University in 1959.

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