Ziad Aboultaif at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

March 24th, 2026 / 4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Ziad Aboultaif Conservative Edmonton Manning, AB

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you for joining us, Dr. Tepper, Dr. Deschamps-Laporte, and Dr. Abou Diab who is in France, I believe, where it is late.

Since December 8, 2024, when the regime changed in Syria, the country has had inflamed communal conflicts—persecution, threats, abuse, rape, humiliation and murder—with Alawites, Druze, Kurds and Christians.

Dr. Abou Diab, do you believe that these ethnic religious minorities I've mentioned feel safe? Do they have any level of security from the current government? If yes, why, and if no, why?

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