Written question – Purges of minorities in Syria – E-001811/2025

Source: European Parliament

Question for written answer  E-001811/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
Emmanouil Fragkos (ECR)

The terrorist organisation that has taken over Damascus – ruling most of Syria – is extremely dangerous. It is essential for the EU to take the first ‘writing on the wall’ into account and adjust its stance and not its values.

In northwest Syria in early March, a mass purge of Alawites bearing the hallmarks of genocide was recorded. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorists targeted Alawite villagers, women and children. Recently, violent attacks against the Druze by regime terrorist and allied groups have intensified in southern Syria, following a fake audio video that ‘insulted the Prophet Muhammad’. Already, over 100 Druze have been murdered. Fortunately, Israel’s military presence has contributed to a less aggressive attitude towards the Druze.

It is obvious that the Islamist, terrorist HTS has as its first goal the cleansing of non-Muslims. First the Alawites, who have social standing, then the Druze, who have a strategic position and alliance with Israel, and then HTS will turn against the Kurds, Shiites and Christians. The genocide of Christians in Türkiye is obviously the model for the like-minded HTS terrorists, so that Syria can be transformed into a Sunni caliphate.

Can the Commission answer the following question: How many thousands of non-Muslims must be murdered for the EU to accept the true nature of those ruling Syria and intervene to overthrow them?

Submitted: 6.5.2025

Last updated: 26 May 2025