Following the success of the Nairn Transport Company of a route by automobile from Beirut to Baghdad, the Syrian Kettaneh Brothers set up another company to provide more comfortable stops. The 950 km trip took 2½ days and cost each passenger £25. The cars used were American Dodge. This company, a Lebanese-Syrian corporation was formd in 1924 to acquire the previous company and to extend the route to Tehran and to carry both passengers and goods.
Capital 1,000,000 gold francs in shares of 100 gold francs.