Proceeding contribution from Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 May 2016. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Counter-Daesh Quarterly Update.

Counter-Daesh Quarterly Update

I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. He will be aware that Daesh’s attacks on the city of Aleppo have been very brutal, very violent, very bloody and very destructive, and that many thousands of people have died or been injured. Some 225,000 Christians lived in Aleppo; now, there are only 25,000. There used to be 80,000 Armenian Christians in Aleppo; now there are only 10,000. What steps will the Government take to ensure that any support for opposition groups does not indirectly benefit extremists targeting minority communities, such as the Christians in Aleppo?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 611 c423
Session: 2016-17
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Armed forces Armed conflict Deployment Humanitarian aid Iraq Politics and government Syria Peace negotiations Libya Military intervention Islamic State
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk

Counter-Daesh Quarterly Update

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