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This study aims to evaluate the impact of introducing electronic trading system in Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) on market liquidity. To achieve this objective, we collect data on trading volume before and after the introduction of e-trading It is the only authorized entity in Syria in which previously issued securities are traded in the primary market for the whole period (2020-2022). Using SPSS, we apply the independent sample t-test to answer this question. We document an increase in trading volumes after the introduction of the e-trading services slightly but insignificantly. That is, after offering E-trading, we figured out an increase in the number of shares traded, however,it did not make a significant differences in trading volumes.