Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have sought information from the Iranian authorities about the purpose of a development in Wadi Jahannam near Baniyas in northwest Syria reported by ImageSat in August, further to reports that it is an Iranian missile factory.

We are aware of reports of an Iranian missile factory in northwest Syria. The Government is concerned about Iranian activity in Syria and the risks of escalation of regional tensions. We regularly raise these concerns with the Iranian Government, including during the Minister for the Middle East and North Africa’s visit to Tehran in September, when he was accompanied by the UK’s Special Representative for Syria.