Career
As of November 2012, he was recognised by France as a representative of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces and as the future Syrian Ambassador "once a provisional government is established and recognised internationally."
Makhous is a geologist specialising in the sedimentology of North African sedimentary basins. After the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces was created in November 2012 and its leader, Moaz al-Khatib, held talks with French president François Hollande, Makhous was chosen to initially become "a representative of the coalition" in France and then the future Syrian Ambassador to France "once a provisional government is established and recognised internationally."
He said that Alawis "have been the most affected by the brutality of Assad"s regime," that Alawis participated in protests against the Bashar al-Assad government in Baniyas and Jableh and that Alawis "all have to declare that the Syrian regime does not represent them and that they condemn its brutality against the Syrian people.
