The Syrian Law Journal recently attended the British Syrian Society’s conference in Damascus in late May entitled The War in Syria: the Challenges and Opportunities. Its first observation after participating in the two-day event...
Arbitration has been a feature of Syrian law for decades. It was initially governed by Articles 506-534 of the previous Civil Procedure Code, which was enacted back in 1953. However, it was given an...
The Syrian Law Journal took great interest in interviewing Dr. Franklin Lamb whose political, legal, journalistic and writing career is worth highlighting in light of his ongoing visits to Syria. Dr. Lamb holds distinguished...
Government Following the return of Aleppo to complete state control, Prime Minister Imad Khamis arrived in the city to restart full governmental operations. He led a delegation of ministers to launch a reconstruction program...
Government In an interview with the Serbian newspaper Politika, President Bashar Al-Assad admitted that Syria is a socialist country but not the economically closed-type. He explained that Syria has an open economy but at...
The new President of the United States Donald Trump wrapped up his first week in office by signing a controversial Executive Order on January 27th entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into...
One subject of key interest that arose at the recent British Syrian Society (BSS) workshop in Damascus was the future role of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). Participants were intrigued to learn that there...
The mainstream media has been perceived to have blatantly aligned its own narrative on the Syrian conflict with Western policy on Syria. One of the underlying themes at the recent British Syrian Society (BSS)...
Prior to the start of the conflict, the British Syrian Society (BSS) played an instrumental role in promoting Syrian relations with the international community and specifically the UK while at the same time encouraging...
Executive Summary The British Syrian Society’s workshop at the University of Damascus focused on the ramifications of the war in Syria with the aim of providing an exchange of views on the underlying reasons...