Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the car bombing in Azaz on 30 March 2024.

The Government remains concerned by the increased violence in north-west Syria in recent months, particularly since October 2023. The escalating violence is causing immense suffering to the civilian population. We call on all parties to de-escalate. We continue to press - including at the UN Security Council - for progress in the UN-facilitated political process. Only a political settlement in line with UN Security Council resolution 2254 can deliver a lasting peace for Syria.