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Kuwait condemns attacks on Douma in Syria

Xinhua,April 09, 2018 Adjust font size:

KUWAIT CITY, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait strongly condemned attacks on populated areas in Douma district in Syria, the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

Kuwait called the attacks "dangerous and systematic violations of international humanitarian law, human rights and relevant Security Council resolutions," the Kuwait News Agency quoted a foreign ministry source as saying.

Kuwait, through its non-permanent UN Security Council (UNSC) membership, said it would call for an urgent UNSC session on the issue.

The foreign ministry source expressed concern over the large number of victims among civilians, calling on the international community to investigate the attacks.

Kuwait also called on all parties to fully abide by UNSC resolution 2401 to lift the siege on Eastern Ghouta, and reach a peaceful resolution to the current crisis.

Altogether five civilians were killed and 30 others wounded Saturday by the rebels' mortar shells amid intensifying military showdown in Damascus' Douma district, according to the state news agency SANA.

A day earlier, two people were killed and 20 others wounded by the rebels' mortar attack on Damascus. Enditem

 

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