Minister of Energy Eng. Mohammad Al-Bashir issued Decision No. 1158, amending Decision No. 855 on the formation of the Syrian Technical Committee responsible for participating in the bilateral and trilateral technical meetings with the Iraqi and Turkish sides on shared international water affairs.
The decision was issued pursuant to the provisions of Decree No. 150 of 2025; the Technical Economic Cooperation Protocol signed between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Turkey in 1987; and the Euphrates River Water-Sharing Agreement signed between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Iraq in 1989, with the aim of activating joint technical and administrative cooperation on shared water affairs with the Turkish and Iraqi sides.
Under the decision, the committee's composition is as follows:
Eng. Osama Abou Zeid – Deputy Minister of Energy for Water and Electricity Affairs – Chairman
Eng. Obada Mubayed – Director of the Water Sector Regulation Department – Member
Eng. Ahmad Al-Kawan – Director General of the General Authority for Water Resources – Member
Eng. Haitham Bakour – Director General of the Euphrates Dam General Establishment – Member
Eng. Taher Al-Omar – Director General of the General Establishment for Drinking Water and Sanitation – Member
Eng. Maha Al-Rajji – International Water Affairs Department – Member
Eng. Ahmad Barhou Al-Hajj Aboud – Director of International Planning and Cooperation at the Euphrates Dam Establishment – Member
Mr. Maan Al-Marei – Representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Legal Affairs and International Waters Department – Member
Mr. Youssef Hajj Zaidan – International Law Expert, representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates – Member
The decision further stipulated that the remaining articles of Decision No. 855 (Articles 2, 3, 4, and 5) shall remain unchanged.