Syria, Policy, Defence
UK policy on Syria evidence session
1 October 2015
As part of the Foreign Affairs Committee's inquiry into UK Policy on Syria, the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Defence Committee holds a joint evidence session on UK Government policy on Syria. The questioning focuses on the possibility of air strikes by UK aircraft in Syria.
- Parliament TV: UK policy on Syria
- Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry: UK policy on Syria
- Defence Committee
Witnesses
Thursday 8 October 2015, Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House.
At 2.40pm
- Lt General Sir Simon Mayall, former Senior Defence Adviser for Middle East, Ministry of Defence
- Elizabeth Quintana, Director, Military Sciences Department, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
- Professor Marc Weller, Professor of International Law and International Constitutional Studies, University of Cambridge
At 3.40pm
- Sarah Lain, Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
- Professor Anoush Ehteshami, Professor of International Relations, Durham University
- Professor Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
At 4.40pm
- Ammar Waqqaf, British Syrian Society
- Dr Rim Turkmani, Research Fellow, Imperial College London
At 5.15pm
- Rami Abdurrahman, Director, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights