Changes from resolution motion to resolution motion joint

RemovedE. whereas on 22 June 2025 a terrorist attack on the Greek Orthodox Church of Mar Elias in Damascus killed at least 25 and injured over 60 Christians: whereas a newly formed group whose ideological and organisational links to Daesh appear credible although unconfirmed claimed this attack;

Added1. Strongly condemns the traumatic terrorist attack against the Mar Elias Church and all threats against worship sites, some historically significant; urges the Syrian authorities to improve safety measures and restore the Mar Elias Church;

Removed1. urges the Syrian authorities to continue facilitating swift, transparent and independent investigations into acts targeting religious and ethnic communities and take all necessary actions to quell sectarian violence, including by prosecuting perpetrators and enablers of human rights violations and removing them from official positions if applicable,

Added2. Strongly condemns all attacks targeting religious and ethnic communities and acknowledges heightened fears among them, seven months into the political transition; expresses solidarity with all victims;

Removed2. reiterates the EU’s engagement and support for a just political transition in Syria, with transitional justice, the fight against impunity, prohibiting arbitrary violence, inclusive governance and a structured dialogue with all religious and ethnic communities as its cornerstones; calls on the EU to set up a Syria Reconstruction Fund, conditional on demonstrable progress on these priorities and in coordination with relevant international institutions, that would promote interfaith dialogue, conflict resolution and reconciliations programs;

Added3. Urges the Syrian transitional authorities to facilitate swift, transparent and independent investigations into these acts, and take all necessary actions to quell sectarian violence, ensure accountability, including by prosecuting perpetrators and enablers of human rights violations such as in the case of Mar Elias, uphold freedom of religion and protect all communities;

Removed3. urges Syrian authorities to improve the safety of worship sites, to support all efforts to monitor and document these attacks, and undertake the restoration of the Mar Elias church; encourages cooperation on outstanding issues such as the restitution of religious property confiscated under the Assad regime,

Added4. Reiterates the EU’s support, including through conditionally lifting sanctions, for a human rights-based political transition in Syria, with transitional justice, the fight against impunity, prohibiting arbitrary violence, inclusive governance and a People’s Assembly required for its success; calls for the EU to create a Syria reconstruction fund, conditional on demonstrable progress on these priorities and in coordination with relevant international institutions, to promote interfaith dialogue, conflict resolution and reconciliation; calls on the Commission to hold the Day of Dialogue Conference in Syria with Syrian civil society as soon as possible;

Removed4. calls on the EU and Member States to increase efforts towards monitoring and countering terrorism in Syria and progress on tackling the situation in the Al-Hol and Roj camps; urges Syrian authorities and international partners, including the US, to sustain full cooperation in this regard; urges Israel and Türkiye to cease all military and hybrid interferences in Syria,

Added5. Highlights the vulnerability of Christian communities in Syria;

Removed5. condemns the Hungarian government for spreading disinformation on the EU’s reaction to the terrorist attack in the Mar Elias church,

Added6. Calls on the Council to maintain and impose more targeted sanctions on actors responsible for religious freedom violations in Syria;

Added7. Calls for the Syrian transitional authorities, the EU and the Member States to advance efforts against Islamist terrorism, protect all Syrians and tackle the situation in the al-Hol and Roj camps; calls for Syria’s territorial integrity to be respected;