Syria’s Enemies Blatantly Violate International Humanitarian Law…No One Condemn Daesh Crimes in Syria: al-Mikdad
DAMASCUS, (ST)- Syria’s enemies have blatantly violated the International Humanitarian Law by committing massacres against innocent Syrians including women and children and by destroying the country’s infrastructure, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal al-Mikdad has stressed, referring to the recent horrible massacres committed by Daesh terrorists against the locals of Aqareb village in Hama countryside, where the terrorists slaughtered dozens of people, including children and women.
His remarks were made during a workshop held in Damascus by the Syrian National Committee for International Humanitarian Law in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) under the title “International Humanitarian Law in Syria, Reality and Ambition”
Al-Mikdad said that such crimes and massacres are being committed under the deadly silence of the international community.
“We haven’t heard that anyone has condemned these crimes which are actually considered as war crimes and crimes against humanity,” the deputy minister added.
“We are cooperating with our partners in the Syrian Arab Red Crescent [SARC] and the International Committee of the Red Cross to disseminate the awareness of our people about the danger of the crimes committed under armed conflicts and which find no one to condemn or talk about, particularly the criminal acts perpetrated by the foreign-backed terrorist organizations”, al-Mikdad went on to say.
He affirmed that “supporters of terrorist organizations must also be held responsible for what is going on in Syria because they have armed, funded, sheltered and trained terrorists in blatant violation of the rules of the International Law, the International Humanitarian Law and the Human Rights Law”.
Al-Mikdad pointed out that participants in the workshop called for uncovering the crimes of the terrorist organizations and for respecting the particularity and role being played by the ICRC under armed conflicts in different parts of the world.
He hailed cooperation between Syria and ICRC, noting that this international organization is respects Syria’s sovereignty and is keen on consultation with the Syrian government and cooperation with SARC in providing assistance to Syrians affected by the crisis.
Head of the ICRC in Syria Marianne Gasser, on her part, stressed the need to boost all forms of cooperation between ICRC and the Syrian government and to strengthen cooperation with the SARC.
Hamda Mustafa