The British Syrian Society is an association set up to promote relations between the former Ba'athist government of Syria and the United Kingdom.
Several of these subsequently voted against the Cameron–Clegg coalition government in 2013 on the issue of British military intervention in the Syrian civil war including Richard Shepherd, Crispin Blunt, and David TC Davies.
[3] In 2012, its co-chair Sir Andrew Green, a former British ambassador to Syria, resigned after emails showed Dr Akhras had advised Assad on how to rebut evidence of civilians apparently being tortured.
[3][6] Other resignations included the society's treasurer, Brian Constant, and Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur, a former Lord Mayor of London.
[3][6][4] In 2016, the BSS organised an international conference in Damascus, described by the Council for Arab-British Understanding as a Syrian government "PR exercise".