Terror attacks that killed 55 in Syria condemned
The UN Security Council has "condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks" that ripped through the Syrian capital Thursday, killing 55 people and leaving trails of death and destruction on the streets.
The 15-member council urged all warring sides in Syria to "immediately and comprehensively" implement the peace plan for Syria brokered by special Arab and UN envoy Kofi Annan on Syrian crisis.
"The Secretary-General (Ban Ki-moon) reiterates his urgent call on all sides to fully comply with their obligations to cease armed violence in all its forms, and to protect civilians, as well as to distance themselves from indiscriminate bombings and other terrorist acts," a UN spokesperson.
The US State Department joined the UN in condemning the attack and said indiscriminate killing could not be justified.
The suicide car bombings the deadliest terror attack in Syria since the country's uprising began in March 2011 has been blamed by the government on "foreign-backed terrorists".
The Syrian interior ministry said the attackers used two cars "loaded with more than 1,000 kg of explosives and driven by suicide bombers".
The explosions damaged a 10-storey military intelligence building involved in the crackdown on the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Syria's ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja'afari alleged that Arab and other foreign powers were supplying and supporting armed groups in his country and urged the UN to take steps to stop such activities.
Violence has continued unabated across Syria even as the government and rebels were to observe a ceasefire monitored by a UN team.
The UN says Syrian forces have killed more than 9,000 people in their crackdown on the protests. Syrian authorities however allege that foreign-backed Islamist militants have killed 2,600 soldiers and police since March 2011.
Source: Middle East News.Net
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