Petition · past parliament
the RAF to airdrop food to starving civilians in Madaya, Syria
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
In Madaya, 40,000 people are under siege by the Assad regime and Hezbollah, and are being deliberately starved.
The UK has dropped bombs on Syria: they are no help to the starving. Show what good the UK do for people inside Syria! Begin RAF food aid drops to Madaya now.
The UK has dropped bombs on Syria: they are no help to the starving. Show what good the UK do for people inside Syria! Begin RAF food aid drops to Madaya now.
A coalition of Syrian groups in the UK is asking for this as a matter of urgency, including Kurds House and Rethink Rebuild in Manchester, the Syrian Association of Yorkshire, Scotland4Syria, The Syrian Welsh Society, and Syria Solidarity UK www.syriauk.org
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 7 Jan 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Jan 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
8 Jan 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.