Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 59333

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham

Tabled: 12 June 2025

Answered: 25 June 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proscription of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham on UK relations with the Syrian Government.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

As both the Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary have said, the fact that Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is a proscribed terrorist group does not prevent the UK from engaging with it nor the Syrian government that includes HTS. We continue to engage the S...

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