The Syrian Initiative to Combat Statelessness of the newly formed political entities, and therefore, the Ottoman subjects residing in what was known as the Federation of the Autonomous States of Syria were subjects to the first Syrian nationality law of 30/08/1924. This took place after the French High Commissioner issued resolution 2825, concerning the establishment of nationality and by the force of law for all the residents of the Syrian territory, under the jus soli principle (right of soil)49. The declaration of independence, Act No. 98 of 21/05/1951 was, for the first time, developed by Syrian lawyers. They derived most of its provisions from the French law, which relies solely on patrilineal filiation. The same would apply to the nationality law promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 21 of 24/02/1953, amended by Act No. 492 of 16/02/1957. In 1958, a group of Syrian and Egyptian lawyers prepared Act No. 82 of 22/07/1958, which was adopted under the United Arab Republic and was considered the first interaction between Arab legal experts. Article (2) stipulated: 72 The following shall be considered nationals of the United Arab Republic50: (A) Anyone born to a father holding the nationality of the United Arab Republic. (B) Anyone born in the United Arab Republic to a mother holding the nationality of the republic and a father of unknown nationality or without one. (C) Anyone born in the United Arab Republic to a mother holding the nationality of the republic and his paternal filiation has not been legally established. The following nationality laws did not differ from the previous ones, since all of these laws gave precedence to paternal filiation without taking women’s rights into account. For instance, the nationality law passed by the secessionist government promulgated by the legislative decree No. 67 of 1961, adopted the same principle even after the al-Baath party came to power and passed decree No. 276 of 1969, which remains in force. No substantial amendments were made, and Syrian women are still denied the right to pass their nationality to their children. It should be highlighted that the Syrian regime had subsequently passed 49 50 Ministry of Defense - Syria- French mandate over syria Nationality Law No. 82 of 1958 - Ahmed Kenawy Advocates and Legal Consultants Office