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Recent surge in terror attacks leaves 2 civilians dead, scores injured in Damascus, Aleppo

(Damascus/Aleppo, 7/2/2015) ~ Two civilians were killed, one of them a child, and 23 others were injured in a terrorist attack by rocket shells on neighborhoods in Aleppo.

A source at the Police Command told SANA that a number of shells landed near al-Ma’moun School in al-Jamiliya neighborhood, killing a child and injuring seven civilians.

Another shells landed near the Electricity Company in the same neighborhood, causing only material damage.

The source added that many other shells fell in the area surrounding the local market in al-Midan neighborhood, claiming the life of a young man and injuring sixteen others.

Injured civilians were admitted to al-Razi and University hospitals for treatment.

12 civilians injured in rocket attacks against residential areas in Damascus

12 civilians were injured in rocket attacks against residential areas in Damascus.

A police source told SANA that two mortar shells fell in the vicinity of al-Madfa’ Square in Abu Remmaneh neighborhood, injuring 12 civilians who were rushed to the Italian and al-Mowassat hospitals.

The attack caused material damage in the area.

According to the source, a shell hit the building of the American School while another one landed near the Saudi embassy in the same area, causing material damage only.

A shell fell in Haret Taiba Street in al-Amara neighborhood which is close to the Grand Umayyad Mosque, causing material damage.

Today’s attacks come one day after deadly attacks with rocket shells and mortars that terrorists fired from Eastern Ghouta on the residential areas in Damascus. 6 civilians were killed and scores others injured.

14 civilians injured in terrorist rocket attacks on Damascus Countryside

14 civilians were injured on Friday due to terrorist attacks by rocket shells on Jaramana, Harasta suburb and al-Wafideen Camp in Damascus Countryside.

A police source said that four shells fired by terrorists landed in the area surrounding the main square in Jaramana city, causing the injury of 14 civilians.

Four shells also landed in B4 Island in Harasta suburb north of Damascus, resulting in material damage to a number of houses and cars.

The source confirmed that two shells fell on the outskirts of al-Wafideen camp, causing only material damage.

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Syria calls on the UN to condemn shelling of Damascus by terrorists

(Hazem Sabbagh, 7/2/2015) ~ The Foreign and Expatriates Ministry sent two identical letters on Friday to the head of the Security Council and the UN Secretary-General on the new terrorist rocket and mortar shell attack on Damascus.

In the letters, the Ministry said that Damascus witnessed since the early morning of Thursday February 5th, 2015, a barbaric barrage of rocket and mortar shells by terrorists at a time when students were going to school and when employees were going to work.

The Ministry said that terrorists fired more than 115 rocket shells of varying sizes on Damascus, in addition to 6 on Lattakia and 9 on Aleppo, with the shells hitting civilians’ homes, schools, and universities and landing near governmental, diplomatic, and international establishments, claiming the lives of 26 people and injuring 48 according to preliminary reports, including children, women, and elderly people, in addition to causing massive material damage that is currently being assessed.

The letters said that the Syrian government would like to point out that the terrorist Zahran Alloush, who heads the so-called Islam Army which is a terrorist organizations armed and funded by Saudi Arabia under support by Western countries, had announced on February 3rd via social network that “all of Damascus is a military zone and a theatre of operations” and calling on “civilians, members of diplomatic missions, and school and university students to not approach any of the regime’s establishments and barricades, walk by cars belonging to it, or move around during working hours of the Capital as of Wednesday morning until further notice.”

The Ministry said that the terrorist shelling of Damascus which began at 7:30 am shows the barbaric and criminal nature of these organizations that some regional and international forces still try to protect and shelter its sponsors from accountability and from being listed among terrorist organizations by the Security Council under the claim that they are “moderate opposition groups” despite all the crimes against humanity they committed and despite the fact that they targeted Damascus with arbitrary shelling that struck civilians in their homes, and even near the Indonesian Embassy, at the Education and Economy Faculties in Damascus University, and al-Andalus School.

The letters said that this attack continues the series of terrorist attacks and bombings that were committed in Aleppo and Lattakia by terrorist groups like ISIS, Jabhet al-Nusra, Islam Army, Hazm Movement, and al-Jabha al-Shamiya, among other terrorist organizations which are affiliated to Al Qaeda and subservient to regimes in the region and outside, particularly those of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and Israel.

The Ministry said that these crimes are an extension of other recent barbaric crimes like the decapitation of the Japanese citizens Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa and the burning of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh alive.

The letters noted that Syria had repeatedly warned against the threat posed by these terrorist organizations to international and regional security and stability and the repercussions of the support provided to these organizations by some states, as these repercussions will not be limited to Syria but will extend to reach even those who support, fund, and train terrorists, citing the recent events in France and elsewhere as proof of the veracity of the Syrian government’s position and of the need for the world to cooperate and coordinate with Syria to combat terrorism.

The Ministry said that the aforementioned terrorist crimes require that the Security Council and the UN Secretary-General shoulder their responsibilities, condemn these terrorist actions, take the necessary steps to coordinate and cooperate with the Syrian government in its war on terror, take the necessary steps to pressure the states that support terrorism to cease their actions immediately and to shut down the camps where these terrorists are trained, in addition to taking steps to stop the flow of terrorists into Syria as per international legitimacy resolutions, and adding the Islam Army, the Islamic Front, and other such groups to the lists of terrorist entities.

The letters concluded by asserting that such terrorist actions will not succeed in dissuading the Syrian people, government, and army from combating terrorism, nor will they succeed in terrorizing them and paralyzing their lives after they withstood four years of terrorist war that targeted the values, principles, tolerance, and very existence of the Syrian people.

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Minister Fayssal Mikdad: “It is unbelievable international coalition combat ISIS while countries ally with it”

(Mazen Eyon, 7/2/2015) ~ Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad said the so-called “international coalition” on combating terrorism, led by the US, has factors of failure as it is unbelievable this coalition will fight the Islamic state in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization while many states ally with it whether secretly or publicly.

“We can’t believe that coalition is carrying on a serious war against terrorism while it pushes the flocks of ISIS from Iraq and encourage them to kill people and destroy Syria… we can’t believe this is a war on terrorism without coordinating with Iraq and Syria,” Mikdad said in an article published on al-Binaa newspaper Saturday.

He added those who know the nature of terrorist brutal campaign on Syria and the states which participate in it since the beginning of the crisis are of Syria’s neighboring countries which harbor terrorists, arm, finance and train them, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, in addition to the operation rooms run by representatives of the US, Israeli, Qatari and French intelligence.

Mikdad went on to say that the ugly crime of burning the Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh alive has predominated the feelings and senses of the Arab people in Syria and Jordan, referring to the Syrian government’s condemnation of the ISIS immoral crime.

He affirmed that the lesson which the Arabs have to learn about the ISIS crime against Kasasbeh is to reconsider the polices that led to such catastrophe, particularly as the terrorist organizations which they fund, like Jabhat al-Nusra and “the Free Army” are the ones who started burning the people alive and eating the hearts and livers.

Mikdad wondered how a political regime could fight terrorists in north Syria and arm, train and pass the terrorists at the same time to kill the Syrians and destroy their country in the south.

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