Written questions

Syria: Religious Freedom

Commons · Question 65223 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 29 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support transparent investigations into the (a) recent attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus, (b) reported killings of Christians and

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 29 Jul 2025

We continue to press the Syrian Government on the need to improve their response to sectarian violence and hold those responsible to account. We welcomed President Al-Sharaa's establishment of a Fact-Finding Committee to investigate the sectarian violence...