Regional, International Condemnation of Terrorist Bombings in Damascus

CAPITALS- The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the “heinous and shameful” Saturday terrorist attacks in the Syrian capital of Damascus, which resulted in fatalities among civilians.

 “Indiscriminate assassinations, carnage and spilling the blood of innocent people, including women and children, are the last resort of the desperate and miserable terrorists who have lost their control more than ever following their recurrent and disgraceful defeats in various fields,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday, according to Press TV.

“Terrorists and their overt and covert supporters know well that they are on the threshold of more failures and on the verge of ruin and undoubtedly full collapse,” he added.

 The two terrorist blasts, which rocked Bab al-Saghir area in Damascus on Saturday and targeted visitors of different Arab nationalities, claimed the lives of 40 people and injured some 120 others including visitors and passersby.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

They are committing such inhumane crimes with the purpose of undermining the process of peace, dialogue, stability and the prevalence of ceasefire in Syria, the Iranian spokesperson said.

Qassemi expressed sympathy with the Syrian government, nation and the bereaved families of the victims.

Meanwhile in Paris, the French Foreign Ministry condemned the terrorist bombings, stressing, “there is more than ever urgency to ensure that ceasefire is respected in Syria”.

In Algiers, the Algerian Foreign Ministry  vehemently condemned the double terrorist attack perpetrated against innocent civilians in Damascus, SANA reported.

 “We vigorously condemn the double terrorist attack perpetrated Saturday in the Syrian capital Damascus against innocent citizens from various Arab countries which caused the loss of several human lives and in which many people were injured,” said the spokesperson of the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdelaziz Benali Cherif.

“In this tragic circumstance, we reiterate our natural solidarity with the Syrian people and government and with the peoples and governments of the other brotherly countries affected by this heinous act,” he added in that statement.

For his part, Ambassador Anwar Abdul-Hadi, the director of the Political Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) condemned the “cowardly” act which took place in Bab al-Saghir area in Damascus and claimed the lives of innocent people who were visiting religious sites.

The Ambassador considered this act as a service to Israel and that it came as a response to the Syrian Arab Army’s victories against terrorism.

Meanwhile, the National Union of Syrian Students in Hungary, “For Syria” Forum and the Syrian community in Hungary also denounced the bombing attacks in Damascus.

The bombings were also condemned by the Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria (ASU) and the Arabic Democratic Unionist Party.