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.
On 2 December, we took part in a radio interview with BBC Radio Manchester. We implored listeners to realise that ISIS emerged out of the chaos caused by the Assad regime and therefore if the UK is serious about tackling ISIS, it needs to address the root cause of the humanitarian crisis, namely the Assad regime's indiscriminate aerial bombardments.
On 2 December, Rethink Rebuild was interviewed by the BBC Victoria Derbyshire about its views on the UK Government’s decision to bomb Syria. We called for a comprehensive, international approach to tackling the problem of ISIS, namely by beginning with the root cause of the conflict which is the Assad regime's indiscriminate aerial bombardments.
We signed an open letter to MP’s written by Manchester University Student Union on 2 December saying that we hoped that they would vote against the decision to authorise UK military airstrikes in Syria. The letter went on to say that there is a high risk of innocent civilians dying in these airstrikes, worsening the refugee crisis.
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