[4] In February 2017, Ford became a Director of the British Syrian Society, alongside President Assad's father-in-law Dr Fawaz Akhras.
[8][9] He accused the British government of lies and political mistakes in Syria from the start of the uprising, thus aggravating the situation.
[9] Ford believes that the British leaders expected an early end of the Syrian government and overestimated the strength of the moderate opposition.
[9] Ford argued that the fall of Assad would open a "Pandora's box", repeating the mistakes of Libya and Iraq.
In his opinion, the fall of the Syrian government would lead to the massacres of Christians, Shias, Alawites, Druze and other minorities.