EP resolution urges protection of Syria's religious minorities
Decision
The European Parliament adopted a resolution under procedure 2025/2798(RSP) recorded as P10_TA(2025)0163, addressing the urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria; the document listing was last updated on 9 July 2025.
What Changes
The text strongly condemns the terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church, urges Syrian transitional authorities to conduct swift, transparent and independent investigations, to prosecute perpetrators and to improve protection of worship sites, and calls on the EU to link conditional lifting of sanctions to human rights-based political transition and to create a Syria reconstruction fund conditional on demonstrable progress.
Who Is Affected
The resolution directly concerns religious and ethnic communities in Syria and calls on Syrian transitional authorities, the EU institutions and Member States to take measures and provide coordinated support.
Sources
Official Documents
- JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the Mar Elias Church attack, calls for investigations, targeted sanctions, and a Syria reconstruction fund contingent on progress on human rights and interfaith dialogue.
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