Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the situation in Syria

Tabled by Anna Fotyga, Charlie Weimers

Added: Na. whereas the Syrian regime, through ethnic cleansing, conducted a brutal campaign to change the country’s demographic makeup; whereas Christians in Syria made up about 10 % of the pre-war Syrian population, totalling 2.2 Million people; whereas the brutality of the war caused a mass exodus of Christians, so that now only about 640 000 remain; whereas in addition to the Syrian regime, Christians in the country have been persecuted by ISIS and other Islamist militias; whereas the Assad regime has attempted to project an image as a secular protector of Christians in Syria, but the regime has reportedly intentionally destroyed churches and detained at least hundreds of Christian citizens; whereas the regime, with the active support of the Russian Federation, besieged and completely decimated Aleppo, the city with the largest Christian population in the country; whereas the country was ranked as the 12th most difficult place in the world to be Christian;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE756.907