From left to right: Nasuh Babil, publisher of al-Ayyam, Nicolas Chahine, the Chief of Police, a bodyguard, Khalil Rifaat, the deputy Chief of Police, Haqqi al-Azm, the ex-Governor of the State of Damascus, the French High Commissioner Henri Ponsot, Education and Justice Minister Shaker al-Hanbali, Prime Minister Ahmad Nami, Agriculture and Commerce Minister Yusuf al-Hakim, Finance Minister Abdul al-Qadir al-Azm, and Iskandar al-Bustani