From left to right, Houari Boumediene of Algeria, Nureddin al-Atassi of Syria, Abdul Rahman Aref of Iraq, Gamel Abdel Nasser of Egypt, and Ismail al-Azhari of Sudan in 1968

* Nureddin al-Atassi ( 1930 – 1992 ), President of Syria

While Jadid remained away from public view, as second secretary of the Baath Party, men allied to him filled the top posts in state and army: Nureddin al-Atassi, as party chairman, state president and later prime minister ; Yousuf Zouayyen, as prime minister ; Ibrahim Makhous as foreign minister, Hafez al-Assad as defense minister ; Abd al-Karim al-Jundi, as security chief.

In what remained of his term, the 80-year old president tried to curb the influence of military officers and worked relentlessly against the leftist current that was brewing in Syria, characterized by socialist ideology, sympathies for the Soviet, and blind adherence to the policies of the socialist leader of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser who were supported by members of the president's own powerful clan, such as Jamal al-Atassi and Nureddin al-Atassi.

Two members of his family ( Luai al-Atassi and Nureddin al-Atassi ) went on to serve as heads of state in the 1960s.

Two more scions, Luai al-Atassi and Nureddin al-Atassi, were in turn installed as heads of state in the 1960s.

* Nureddin al-Atassi, 1965 ( National Council )

* Nureddin al-Atassi

* Nureddin Pasha ( 1873 – 1932 ), Turkish military officer

Deputy Section of Analysis and Information – Nureddin İsmayılov

Syrian President Hashim al-Atassi resigned in protest at continued French intervention in Syrian affairs, maintaining that the French were obliged to refuse the annexation under the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence of 1936.

Hashim Bay Khalid al-Atassi ( 1875 – December 5, 1960 ) () was a Syrian nationalist, statesman and its President from 1936 to 1939, 1949 to 1951, and 1954 to 1955.

President Hashim al-Atassi ended his term in September 1955 and retired from political life, elderly and infirm.

* Hashem al-Atassi, President of Syria: 1936-1939, December, 1949-September, 1950, September, 1950-December, 1951, February, 1954-September, 1955

* Luai al-Atassi, President of the Revolutionary Council, vested with presidential powers, 1963

Nazim al_Kudsi ( back row, far right ) attending the inauguration of President Hashim al-Atassi in 1936.

Syria and France negotiated a treaty of independence in September 1936, and Hashim al-Atassi, who was Prime Minister under King Faisal's brief reign, was the first president to be elected under a new constitution, effectively the first incarnation of the modern republic of Syria.

On 7 March 1920, Faisal was proclaimed King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria ( Greater Syria ) by the Syrian National Congress government of Hashim al-Atassi.

Cairo, 1968, from left to right the presidents Houari Boumediène of Algeria, Nurredin al-Atassi of Syria, Abdul Salam Arif of Iraq, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt and al-Azhari

He visited Hashim al-Atassi in Homs and invited him to resume the presidency, assuring the veteran leader that France wanted to turn a new page in her relations with Syria.

The power and prestige of the family reached an apex at the formation of the modern Republic of Syria in 1936, when its second Head of State, Hashim al-Atassi was elected president.

Two out of the seven members of the constitutional assembly who drafted the first constitution of Syria in 1919 included two prominent Atassis: Wasfi al-Atassi and Hashim al-Atassi.

Kudsi also served on the Constitutional Assembly that drafted a new constitution for Syria and became Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first post-Za ’ im cabinet of Prime Minister Hashim al-Atassi ( an ally of the People ’ s Party as well as a founding member and former president of the National Bloc ).

Two scholars who held the position of Mufti also held political offices: Khaled al-Atassi ( 1837 – 1908 ), and his son, Taher al-Atassi ( 1860 – 1940 ).

It also has ties with the leadership in Syria, specifically with President Hafez al-Assad ( until his death in 2000 ) and his son and successor Bashar al-Assad.

Some public opinion has started to turn against Hezbollah for their support of Syrian President Assad's attacks on the opposition movement in Syria Crowds in Cairo shouted out against Iran and Hezbollah, at a public speech by Hamas President Ismail Haniya in February 2012, when Hamas changed its support to the Syrian opposition.

In a statement read out by its January President, Augustine Mahiga of Tanzania, the Council also called on Syria to take measures to stop movements of arms and personnel into Lebanon.

Khalid Meshaal, the leader of Hamas, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, and President Ahmadinejad of Iran urged all Arab states with remaining ties to Israel to cut them.

Politics in the Syrian Arab Republic takes place in the framework of what is officially a semi-presidential republic, but what the CIA consider " a republic under an authoritarian regime " where the power is in the hands of the President of Syria and his family, all members of the ruling Arab Socialist Ba ' ath Party which is a cell of the Syrian-led Ba ' ath Party ( established in 1966 when the original Ba ' ath Party was dissolved and split into two ).

According to the Syrian Constitution, the President of Syria is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

On 19 December 2009, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri visited Syria, and stayed in Damascus for 3 days meeting with President Bashar Al-Assad & breaking the ice between the two sides.

* 1965 – Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria

Although many of Ali Nasir Muhammad's followers were appointed to senior governmental positions ( including Vice President, Chief of Staff, and Governor of Aden ), Ali Nasir Muhammad himself remained abroad in Syria.

The incident, however, brought Assad and Arafat to unpleasant terms, which would surface later when Assad became President of Syria.

* President Hafiz Al-Asad ( Syria )

* October 6 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria ( d. 2000 )

* President Bashar al-Assad ( Syria )

* Bashar al-Assad ( Syria ) The President of Syria.

Since the restoration of constitutional rule in 1989 PSP was the major ally of Syria in Lebanon and its leader Walid Jumblatt was in close relations with the Syrian Army and intelligence generals in Lebanon, namely Ghazi Kenaan and also with the Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam.

President Anwar El Sadat came to feel that the Geneva track peace process was more show than substance, and was not progressing, partly due to disagreements with his Arab ( mainly Syria, Libya, and Iraq ) and his communist allies.

However, recently President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has refused to do so until Israeli troops withdraw.

However, on January 21, 2006, the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad stated in a speech before the convention of the Arab Lawyers Union in Damascus and translated into English by SANA, the official state news agency of Syria that there are two legal requirements for demarcating the border: first, the complaint must be registered with the UN ; and second, engineers must precisely define the border.

Former Vice President of Syria Abdel-Halim Khaddam, in an interview with the Lebanese Future Television on August 27, 2006, said: " Saying that the farms are occupied, and hence cannot be demarcated, is nothing but a pretext.

" In both cases, the President chooses a military response that is relatively measured, but in the movie President Shepherd never considers a " disproportionate " response while President Bartlet plans such an action to destroy a huge civilian airport in Syria ; he eventually OK's a strike similar to the one used in the movie.