Petition · past parliament

The UK should NOT bomb Syria.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Bombing will NOT solve the problem, it will only make it worse!
If we go ahead and bomb Syria, the following will happen:
1. We will give further rise to extremism, which always has an consequence within the UK;
2. There are going to be more Syrians that will be killed.
3. What have we leant from Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan?

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

13 Apr 2018 Petition opened for signatures
18 Apr 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Apr 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.