Damascus in the Cold War

The atlas holds 5 people and 7 moments here, from 1962 to 1988. The most recorded lives are Yasser Arafat, Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein.

Yasser Arafat
from 1962 to 1988
3 moments here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1970
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Saddam Hussein
in 1971
1 moment here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Ali Khamenei
in 1984
1 moment here
Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…
Hosni Mubarak
in 1975
1 moment here
Egyptian military officer and politician who served as president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011.…