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Syria, Policy, Defence

UK policy on Syria evidence session

1 October 2015

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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.

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 

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