Back row, standing from left to right: Hama MP Tawfiq al-Shishakli, Damascus MP Fakhri al-Barudi, George Sihnawi, Parliament Speaker Fares al-Khury, Aleppo MPs Jamil Ibrahim Pasha and Nazim al-Qudsi. Bottom row, from left to right: outgoing Prime Minister Ata al-Ayyubi, Mustapha al-Qusayri, Bahjat al-Shihabi, Said al-Ghazzi, and Edmond Homsi. In the middle, delivering his address, is President Hashem al-Atasi.