Euphrates Dam
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The Euphrates Dam, most commonly known as Tabqa Dam; formerly known as al-Thawra Dam during the Ba'athist era, is an embankment dam on the Euphrates, located 40 kilometres upstream from the city of Ra
Construction in 1961
Qal'at Ja'bar surrounded by the waters of Euphrates Lake
Syrian postage stamp commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Corrective Movement program, launched by Hafez al-Assad in 1970. The postage stamp depicts Assad and the Tabqa Dam
Corrective Movement (Syria)
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The Corrective Movement was the political, social and economic program, launched by Hafez al-Assad, soon after his seizure of power in the 1970 Ba'athist coup d'etat in Syria. Assad later compared the
Euphrates Dam
…to the finds from the Euphrates Lake region. Other dams in the Syrian Euphrates valley Syrian postage stamp commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Corrective Movement program, launched by Hafez al-Assad in 1970. The postage stamp depicts Assad and the Tabqa Dam After the completion of the Euphrates Dam, Syria built two more…
Postage stamp commemorating the 20th anniversary of the start of the Corrective Movement, 1990. It depicts Syrian President and Ba'ath Party leader Hafez al-Assad and the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates River, which was completed during his presidency
Hafez al-Assad addresses army officers in the city of Latakia, 1971
Postage stamp on the first anniversary of Corrective Movement, 1971
Syrian Ba'ath Party meeting, 1980s