Russia, Iran Condemn Terror Attacks in Syria, Urge International Action

CAPITALS, (ST)- Moscow has urged the international community to properly respond to yesterday’s terror attacks in Syria, which took over a hundred lives.

A series of terror attacks was perpetrated in Syria on February 21. A triple attack was committed in the Sayyeda Zeinab in Damascus, by means of a car bomb and two suicide bombers. Earlier in the morning two car bombs went off in al-Zahra district in the city of Homs. The attacks led to the martyrdom of at least 130 people and injured about 300.

“Moscow strongly condemns the inhumane attacks of terrorists. We are offering our sincere condolences to the families of the dead and are wishing the soonest recovery to the injured. We are confident that such disgusting and criminal acts require an appropriate principled reaction of the international community,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary published on Monday, according to the Russian Interfax news agency.

“It is important to put a solid barrier on the way of the attempts of ISIL, Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist groups to escalate tensions inside and around Syria by further instigation of inter-confessional feud,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

“The cruel crimes of the extremists aim at intimidating the civilian population and undermining attempts to achieve lasting political settlement of the Syria crisis in the interests of all Syrians and efforts to stop violence and bloodshed,” the commentary said.

De Mistura Strongly Condemns Terrorist Bombings in Homs and Sayyeda Zeinab

The UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has also condemned the recent car bomb and suicide attacks that have some 130 people martyred in Damascus and Homs in Syria.

The Daesh terrorist group, outlawed in Russia, the United States and several other countries, said it was behind the multiple suicide blasts and a car bomb attack in the southern Damascus district of Sayyeda Zeinab, according to media reports.

“The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, strongly condemns yet another set of car bomb and suicide explosions in Damascus and Homs cities which killed and injured today over 100 people, including children,” the United Nations said in a statement published on its website on Sunday.

Iran Foreign Ministry: Terror Blasts aim at foiling political process

In Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hussein Jaberi Ansari denounced the terror attacks against civilians that took place in Syria yesterday.

In his weekly press conference, Ansari said “these terrorist acts target innocent people and aim at foiling every political process to help the Syrian people surpass the crisis.”

He stressed that the terrorist organizations doesn’t want political solution in Syria, rather they seek aggravating the situation in the country every time there is a possibility to reach political settlement to the crisis.

He clarified that the success of any political process needs firm confrontation of terrorism to eliminate the terrorists who pose threat to the region and the entire world.   

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