1970 - 2000

Dr Mohammad al-Fadel (1917-1977), the rector of Damascus University in 1976-1977 who was one of the most prominent legal minds o

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New 08-2005: Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) during the Syrian Army’s siege of his

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New 08-2005: Syrian President Hafez al-Asad with French Prime Minister Raymond Barre during the French premier’s visit to Damasc

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President Hafez al-Asad in a souvenir picture with the third cabinet of Prime Minister Abdel Raouf al-Kassem on April 8, 1985.

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Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara returning to his seat at the Madrid Peace Conference in October 1991.

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Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara at the Madrid Peace Conference in October 1991. For the conference, he had prepared a mo

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Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara with President George Bush at the Madrid Peace Conference.

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President Hafez al-Asad in an official visit to France in 1998, accompanied by French President Jacques Chirac.

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French President Jacques Chirac greeting President Hafez al-Asad of Syria in Paris in 1999.

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Syrian President Hafez al-Asad welcoming French President Jacques Chirac to Damascus.

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President Hafez al-Asad meets US President George Bush on November 23, 1990.

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The Syrian team with President Asad in Geneva on November 23, 1990.

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US President Bill Clinton in Damascus on October 27, 1994.

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Prime Minister Abdel Raouf al-Kassem delivering a speech in Damascus in 1982.

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A condolence telegram sent by Khalid Bakdash, the veteran leader of the Syrian Communist Party, to the family of Sami Droubi, on

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New 08-2005: General Ghazi Kenaan, the commander of Syrian forces in Lebanon, inspecting Syrian troops stationed in West Beirut

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New 08-2005: President Hafez al-Asad attentively attending a non-allied summit in Hong Kong in the 1980s.

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President Hafez al-Asad at the Azm Palace in Damascus with a group of Syrian artists in 1973.

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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Harriri with Syrian Minister of Defense Mustapha Tlas in Beirut in 2002.

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At the residence of Prime Minister Rafiq al-Harriri in Beirut in 2002.

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General Mustapha Tlas the Minister of Defense, at a military parade in the early 1990s with General Ali Haydar, the commander of

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President Hafez al-Asad at a military parade with his Minister of Defense Mustapha Tlas in the mid-1980s.

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Lebanese President Amin Gemayel in Damascus with General Mustapha Tlas, the Syrian Minister of Defense on February 29, 1984.

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President Hafez al-Asad at a military event in the 1980s with his two top generals, Chief-of-Staff Hikmat Shihabi and Defense Mi

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New 08-2005: Ahmad al-Khatib, the forgotten president of Syria who ruled from November 1970 to March 1971.

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