In the wake of the 1973 October War, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad led the United States and Syria in reviving their long-dead diplomatic relationship. This process began amidst ...

The 1970 s were a dramatic decade in the Middle East. Amid civil wars, invasions, and Cold War tensions, a handful of American and Syrian leaders revived the diplomatic relationship between the two countries. That relationship ...