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Islamic organ strongly condemns "mass executions" of Aleppo residents

Xinhua, December 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) strongly condemned on Friday what it deemed as "ongoing mass executions" of Aleppo residents.

ISESCO said in a statement that these acts are being conducted by the multinational sectarian militias fighting alongside the regime of Bashar Al-Assad after a choking siege and brutal air bombardment that lasted several months.

The Rabat-based organization expressed astonishment at the international community's "slack attitude as to the presence of a multinational foreign force on the Syrian soil, killing people and destroying cities in clear defiance of international law."

ISESCO called on its Member States to intervene immediately to save civilians in Aleppo and other Syrian cities being subjected to such a cruel onslaught by those sectarian militias and their accomplices, the statement said. Endit