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Syria: Religious Freedom

Asked by Carla LockhartDemocratic Unionist PartyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 2 December 2025UIN 94544

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking with international counterparts to ensure the protection of Alawite women and girls in Syria in the context of recent reports of abduction

Answered by Mr Hamish Falconer

Further to the answer given on 18 September to question 74583, I again raised this with the Syrian Foreign Minister during his visit to London in November.

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