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Key Historical Events. Independence was achieved on 12 Apr. 1946. Syria merged with Egypt to form the United Arab Republic from 2 Feb. 1958 until 29 Sept. 1961, when independence was resumed following a coup the previous day. Lieut.-Gen. Hafez al-Assad became Prime Minister following the fifth coup of that decade on 13 Nov. 1970, and assumed the Presidency on 22 Feb. 1971.
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Choueiri, Y., State and Society in Syria and Lebanon. Exeter Univ. Press, 1994
Devlin, J. F., Syria: Modern State in an Ancient Land. Boulder, 1983
Maoz, M. and Yaniv, A., Syria under Assad. New York, 1986
Seale, P., The Struggle for Syria. London, 1986.—Asad of Syria: the Struggle for the Middle East. London, 1989
Seccombe, I. J., Syria. [Bibliography] Oxford and Santa Barbara (CA), 1987
National statistical office: Central Bureau of Statistics, Office of the Prime Minister, Damascus.
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Hunter, B. (1996). Syria. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271258_180
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