Question follow-through · 1596
Syria: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to protect the Alawite minority in Syria.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 18 May 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to protect the Alawite minority in Syria.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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18 May 2026
Answer published
Further to the answer given on 18 September 2025 to question 74583, I raised this issue with the Syrian Foreign Minister during his visit to London in November 2025, and the situation of minority rights in Syria was also raised during President Al Sharaa'...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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