Humanitarian delegation confident in security despite feds discouraging travel to Syria

Few non-cabinet Parliamentarians have travelled to conflict zones. Independent Senator Kim Pate received a 'general recommendation' against the delegation's planned trip to Syria.

Independent Senator Kim Pate is set to travel to northeastern Syria as part of a humanitarian delegation to visit Canadians in detention camps in August.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

June 28, 2023

Security considerations will be top of mind for a Parliamentarian's rare trip to a conflict zone as part of a humanitarian delegation set to visit detention camps in northeastern Syria.

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