Question follow-through · 59332

Syria: Druze

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50072 on Syria: Druze, what assurances his Department have received from the Syrian Government on the protection of the Druz

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 12 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 16 Jun 2025
Answer: 25 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50072 on Syria: Druze, what assurances his Department have received from the Syrian Government on the protection of the Druz
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2025
Answer published
We have been clear that violence earlier this year against Syria's diverse communities, including the Druze, was appalling. In our engagement with the Syrian government we emphasise that the protection of all Syrians and their full inclusion in the transi...

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