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Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 July 2025

Debate

Syria: Druze Community

Contribution

My Lords, does the Minister recognise that the history of many centuries shows that Syria is crucial to the stability of not only its own country but the whole region, and that when there is instability in Syria, there is very often instability more widely? It surely behoves anyone within or outside Syria to avoid inflicting instability on a country that has just emerged from an appalling experience. Does the Minister believe that we have enough presence on the ground in Damascus to inform us clearly about what is going on and to talk with others who are working for stability in Syria to that end?

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