Thank you, Chair.
Ms. Dureid, Mr. Ozsoy and Mr. Bonsey, welcome to the committee and thanks for participating today.
Mr. Ozsoy, in March 2025, Syria enacted constitutional guarantees protecting minorities and the freedom of all Syrians, yet in thousands of reported cases, minorities, including Alawites, Druze, Kurds and Christians, have faced humiliation, displacement, murder and injury in addition to the kidnapping and raping of women and girls.
To what degree has Syria been effective in abiding by constitutional guarantees and defending the freedom of Syrian minorities?