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Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham

Commons · Question 59333 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2025

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Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proscription of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham on UK relations with the Syrian Government.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 25 Jun 2025

As both the Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary have said, the fact that Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is a proscribed terrorist group does not prevent the UK from engaging with it nor the Syrian government that includes HTS. We continue to engage the S...