Mohammed Ziad al-Hariri was a Syrian Arab Army officer. A staunch Arab nationalist, he supported the union between Syria and Egypt in 1958, opposed Syria's secession from it in 1961 and served as the
A gathering of delegates for the April triparitite unity talks between Egypt, Syria and Iraq. Hariri is third from left and Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser is second from right
Sami Droubi was a Syrian politician, career diplomat, writer, translator, university professor and philosopher. He worked as a Syrian diplomat throughout the 1960s, serving, succession, as the Syrian
Droubi (first from left) with Presidents Nureddin al-Atassi (second from left) and Gamal Abdel Nasser (third from left) at Droubi's Cairo home, 1968. The three children are Droubi's son and two daughters