Word: syria
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...capital at dawn. There were no mob scenes, no assassinations and almost no gunfire. When they tuned into Damascus radio at breakfast, Syrians learned that they had been "liberated" from the United Arab Republic, of which their country had been an uneasy part for nearly four years. In northern Syria, Aleppo radio went dead in the midst of the anthem, Beloved Nasser, Lover of Egypt and Syria -returning ten minutes later with a searing tirade against Nasser, the "tyrant" who "wished evil for the Arab people...
...noon next day, the rebel leaders proclaimed their independence. As U.A.R. flags yielded to Syria's red-starred, green-white-black tricolor, they turned the government over to a civilian regime headed by a diffident, middle-roading law professor. The new Premier, Sorbonne-educated Dr. Mamoun ("Trusted One") Kuz-bari, 47, a former Minister of Justice, promised his countrymen constitutional government and "a true and democratic life." Jordan, swift to welcome any setback to Nasser, was the first country to recognize the new regime; it was followed by Turkey, which has also had strained relations with the U.A.R...
...Guinea France Hungary Greece Iceland Guatemala Indonesia Haiti Ireland Honduras Israel India Italy Iran Ivory Coast Iraq Japan Lebanon Jordan Liberia Laos Luxembourg Libya Mexico Malagasy Republic Netherlands Mali New Zealand Morocco Nicaragua Nepal Norway Niger Panama Nigeria Paraguay Pakistan Peru Portugal Philippines Rumania Poland Senegal Saudi Arabia Somalia Syria Spain Turkey Sudan Ukranina S.S.R. Sweden Union of South Africa Thailand U.S.S.R. Togo United Kingdom Tunisia United States of America United Arab Republic Uruguay (Egypt & Syria) Venezuela Upper Volta Yugoslavia Yemen
Courtesy A. Hitler. Assigned to set up a Protestant radio station, beamed at Europe and supported by U.S. funds, was the Rev. Paul E. Freed, 42, a Baptist minister who grew up in Syria and Palestine, where his father was a businessman turned missionary. "We started in Tangier on a shoestring," Freed recalls. "Our budget was around $25,000 a year. Today it's closer to $1,000,000-and it all comes from Protestant churches and other radio stations. Every major denomination is involved, and nowadays we get as much support from European Christian groups as from Americans...
...here to guarantee French sovereignty . . . Now we know the French people have a different idea. We must consent by maintaining discipline. But a lot of young officers are not holding their heads high today." The officer corps deeply remembers the war years when Vichyite and Gaullist troops clashed in Syria and Dakar. Above all else, French generals are determined that "never again must the army be divided against itself or against the nation...