From left to right: General Mahmud Shatra, President Adib al-Shishakli, ex-Prime Minister Lutfi al-Haffar, ex-Interior Minister Sabri al-Asali, and the journalist Zuhair al-Kuzbari. In the back, between Shatra and Shishakli stands the journalist Habib Kahaleh, and ex-Prime Minister Husni al-Barazi.