Front row (from left to right): Mustapha Suwayd, Abdul Wahab Smadi, Amin Hashem al-Kutbi, Fares al-Mahayni, Damascus MP Abdul Hamid al-Tabba, Rushdi al-Baalbaki, Sami Qabbani, and Hani al-Jallad. Middle row (from left to right): Musallam al-Sioufi (president of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce), Husni Habal, Prime Minister Said al-Ghazzi, Husni Sabah (President of the Damascus University), Bader al-Din Diab, Mamduh al-Nuss, Adil al-Khuja (one of the founders of the al-Khumasiyya Company). Back row (from left to right): Fouad al-Khabbaz, Bashir Ramadan (future president of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce), Badih Qassas, Abdul Hadi al-Rabbat (one of the founders of al-Khumasiyya), Abdul Hadi al-Mardini, Salah al-Din al-Shurbaji, Abdul Hamid Diab (one of the founders of al-Khumasiyya), and Nabil al-Dardari.