Ban Ki-moon: Syrian regime 'violates' Security Council position

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned on Friday (April 6th) the fresh attacks the Syrian regime has launched against opposition strongholds in spite of Damascus' pledge to halt operations by April 10th, AFP reported Saturday (April 7th).

Ban Ki-moon believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's pledge to stop military operations before April 10th "can't be an excuse for proceeding with killings," according to his spokesperson, Martin Nesirky.

"Such acts are a violation of the consensus position of the Security Council" in the peace plan brokered by the UN-Arab League joint special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, Nesirky reported.

The UN Security Council unanimously approved a statement requiring Damascus to respect the April 10th deadline and requiring Syrian opposition forces to do the same no less than 48 hours later.

Ban Ki-moon "demands the Syrian government to immediately and unconditionally stop all of its military operations against the Syrian people", Nesirky said.

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    أسماعيل الجنابي

    2012-4-12

    Realistically, unfortunately, whoever is watching the situation in Syria notes that the system entrenches its teeth in the ground and controls the urban centers. The rural areas will remain in revolt bawling a fuss for some time until the day comes when everyone will say that they were fools and they destroyed the country. The revolution no longer has even a little value anymore because it destroyed the country until grandchildren are born. The next government will not be able to reunite in a thousand years and Syria will not enjoy freedom and democracy because the chaos, bitter economic situation and rivalry will be the master of the situation as in Libya and Iraq. The revolution filled its children with false enthusiasm and destroyed them through false accounts and methods. I regret the young people who died.

  • مراد نعمة

    2012-4-12

    The support must be moral and physical, alongside money and arms. Those who announced the hard-line positions against the Syrian regime should not stop at supporting the ideas and wait for the America to give them orders to implement them. We need free Arabs who do what they say and do not wait for orders from America or Israel. There is no real revolution in any country of the world if it is not a revolution carried out by its people and army against the current unjust regime. An authentic revolution does not take place through the intervention of outside forces but by the people of the country itself, only supported with money and weapons from friendly parties and not from the enemy. The revolution of Syria should not be supported by the United States or Israel, but by the Arabs and Muslims only.

  • ثائر عادل

    2012-4-12

    One of the Syrian opposition fighters brought out a small bullet plated with copper from the pocket of his pants and provided it as evidence reinforcing his accusation of Iran as involved in the military campaign of President Bashar al-Assad. The fighter who claimed this to Reuters outside the camp of Rihanli for refugees in the province of Hatay in southern Turkey said , “This is what they fire at us." He added, “These are Iranian bullets. I did my military service and I know that the Syrian Army does not use this type of bullets.” This may be little more than just exaggerations in guessing, but reveals a lot about people's opinions of Iran in this regard and it is a view clearly shared by the Western capitals. During a debate in the Security Council last week, the United States and Britain accused Iran of transferring weapons to Syria, saying that they are used against the Syrian people. The security officials from the United States and Europe say that Iran offers a variety of aids in different areas to Assad to help him in the suppression of anti-government protests, including the high-tech recognition technology. They add that Iranian security officials are heading to Syria to advise al-Assad on how to address the opposition and some will stay in Syria to provide advice to the forces of al-Assad.

  • ربيع علي

    2012-4-11

    Make no mistake about it. The criminal Bashar, his inner circle and accomplices will never get away with worldly punishment. In fact, I am certain that the people will carry out day and night massacres in order to take their revenge. Indeed, Syrians will retaliate for the humiliation and oppression of these criminal mercenaries. The Syrian Army should be dissolved. Otherwise, a big number of commanders, officers and soldiers would be executed. They will not have a chance to make any request before they receive their worldly punishment. Syria will witness a long period of popular revenge. The revenge will be as bloody as the current massacres.

  • عدي سعدون

    2012-4-10

    There is no need to introduce al-Qaeda and its criminal branch in Iraq, as its villainy, its filthy actions and the lowliness of its exceptional criminality in Iraq has made it notorious and at the top of the list of criminals and terrorists of the modern world, and perhaps the modernization. This organization competes with its criminality and disregard for the human values with the worst hardened barbarians and beasts of ancient times that human civilization has seen since God the Almighty created man on this earth.

  • ليلى

    2012-4-10

    The heroic stance of Mrs. Hillary Clinton regarding the principle of killing the Syrian demonstrators at the hands of Al-Asad’s security forces in Homs (Khalid ibn Al-Walid), Dar’a, and Rif Dimashq Governorate was praised and welcomed by the free Syrians. Abu Rushdi Al-Dimashqi was the first one to appreciate this brave stance that would not have been taken by the free believer, Mrs. Hilary Clinton, were it not for her good origins and nobility in supporting the weak people to stand in the face of the horrible and sectarian oppression of Al-Assad as well as the meanness and cruelty of his thugs. As Syrians and Arabs, we have to remember that her husband was a former US president…

  • الحر

    2012-4-10

    Give homage to this free army to fight Al-Assad for God’s sake and reward. This homage means obedience and loyalty to the people and the Free Army. If they asked about the Mujaahid who received your homage, then you have to be proud because he is a senior judge. He is a free Umayyad like Shukri Qawatli, may God have mercy upon him. You can imagine Sham under his rule, especially given that he is the legend of democracy. Do not ever despair of the mercy of God and the leaders of the world and the Arab region would confront this criminal.

  • قاسم حبيب

    2012-4-9

    The terrorist organization al-Qaeda is seeking hard to infiltrate inside Syria exploiting the conditions through which the country is passing through as this organization is trying to establish a new place for itself along with the existence of all this disturbance in the situation inside Syria because this organization exploits the country conditions which lack security and stability in order to try to carry out its terrorist acts more freely away from the monitoring of the authority in Syria.

  • قاسم حبيب

    2012-4-9

    The terrorist organization al-Qaeda is seeking hard to infiltrate inside Syria exploiting the conditions through which the country is passing through as this organization is trying to establish a new place for itself along with the existence of all this disturbance in the situation inside Syria because this organization exploits the country conditions which lack security and stability in order to try to carry out its terrorist acts more freely away from the monitoring of the authority in Syria.

  • سليم ناصر

    2012-4-9

    If this criminal did not comply with the international laws, then the world would be required to take the necessary military measures to deter this killer and make him an example to the killers of their peoples worldwide, who rule their peoples with iron and fire. They confiscated the peoples’ rights and enslaved them in the worst way. Hence, this humanitarian work saves the lives of the Syrian people, who suffer from the suppression of this tyrant, who does not fear God or the Arab and international unanimity, simply because it does not possess the simplest moral and human manners. This regime should have defended its people and achieved their interests, because it swore to do this upon its accession to power. However, this regime broke its oath, acted in opposition to its promise to God and the people, and turned against them and acted like a monster. Therefore, it is unsuitable for ruling the people, who are entrusted to his hand. That is because he betrayed this great trust. Therefore, this regime must leave now, before it is too late. The people decided to prosecute this criminal and avenge the death of the Syrian martyrs, who were killed with treacherous bullets.

  • أبو جاسم

    2012-4-8

    The observers who monitor the Syrian arena will find that the Syrian regime is up to its ears in crime, and that its criminal behavior has exceeded the sadists, who love crime without justification. Despite everything that is happening in Syria, there is no serious effort on the part of the UN and the international community to make strict decisions to enforce the human rights conventions and international law in Syria, which has suffered from serious violations at the hands of this criminal, who respects no heavenly values or principles of peace and settlement of the problems through dialogue among the different parties. Hence, the Syrian people and the other oppressed peoples worldwide do not rely much on the role of the UN Security Council or the Arab League in such vital and decisive issues; rather, these peoples have to be patient and to confront the oppressors forcefully, until they achieve victory, by God’s permission, because the fate of these regimes is exclusively in the hands of God alone, and He will not accept the work of corrupt people.