Press Release
03/12/2015
Reaction to the UK’s vote to bomb Syria
Rethink Rebuild Society regrets the decision of the House of Commons to vote for airstrikes in Syria along with the US-led Coalition against ISIL.
As Syrians gave their views to the BBC in response to the vote in Parliament to extend anti-ISIS airstrikes to Syria, we stressed that any threat that ISIS poses to the UK is ultimately attributable to the Assad regime.
We met with Stockport Councillor Iain Roberts on 2 December and had a very productive discussion on Syria. We stressed to Councillor Roberts that the Syrian conflict, in its essence, is simple: it consists of a popular uprising against a brutal dictatorship.
We issued a statement along with a number of Syrian community and advocacy groups in the UK following Parliament's decision to extend anti-ISIS airstrikes over Syria.
In the lead up to the government vote on whether or not to bomb Syria, Rethink Rebuild were interviewed by BBC Breakfast on 2 December to discuss the alternative options to UK military airstrikes. Alternatives included a no-bombing zone to protect civilians from indiscriminate air attacks, which are the root cause of the Syrian conflict.
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