Head of UN monitoring mission in Syria: Both sides have failed to protect civilians

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Head of UN monitoring mission in Syria: Both sides have failed to protect civilians

2012-08-18

The departing head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria on Saturday (August 18th) said both Syrian government and opposition forces have failed to respect international humanitarian law, AFP reported.

Speaking after the UN Security Council on Thursday ordered the end of the monitoring mission, Lt. Gen. Babacar Gaye said, "Both parties have obligations under international humanitarian law to make sure that civilians are protected."

"These obligations have not been respected," he said.

On Saturday, Syrian air forces bombarded the opposition stronghold of Aazaz in Aleppo province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

Government forces also shelled the Khaldiyeh district of Homs and Herak in Deraa province, and fighting broke out in the district of Tadamon in Damascus.

Meanwhile, more than 40 unidentified bodies were found in and around Damascus, 23 of them in the Qaboun district, four in neighbouring Qadam and 16 in Douma, the Observatory said.

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موفق حسن

2012-8-22

The great Syrian people face a real and hard disaster by all measurements and a dangerous criminal that history has never witnessed before. He is the villain Bashar Al-Assad and he attacked the Syrian people using the Syrian Army against them only because they claimed their legal rights and their rights in their Syrian country. We believe that it is time to demand the entire Arab Bashar Al-Assad and his evil assistants, and to only take one honest situation against him as well as stand beside the Syrian people as we strongly denounce the weak role that the Arab League took as its prescribed task was to condemn the deeds of the villain Bashar Al-Assad and must support the Syrian people as well as work for the benefit of the peoples instead of working for the benefit of the stupid tyrannical presidents of the Arab countries. The Arab countries must help the Syrian refugees with money and food, and support them as well to be able to pass this catastrophe in shaa' Allah. We all seriously denounce the weak role of the Arab League and Arab governments towards the Syrian case as these countries must unite to stand against the liar and tyrannical Bashar Al-Assad and his corrupted assistants in order to save the Syrian people and keep them settled from the mean villain Bashar Al-Assad as he oppressed his country, did injustice to thousands and killed them throughout the years of his reign, and now he is killing the free Syrian people without any right.
محمد مصعب

2012-8-21

One of the most important ways to rescue and provide assistance to the Syrian people is to utterly cut political relations with the Syrian President, Bashar Al Assad, and his corrupt regime through many issues notably the expulsion of the Syrian ambassadors who belong to the despicable Al Assad’s regime from the headquarters of their embassies and sending them away to their country in respect and recognition of the Syrian people. This corrupt and unjust regime has killed many of them and the least possible thing to give as a lamentation to the Syrian people is to cut off anyone who has any relation or dealing with the Syrian regime. Also, it is the duty of all the States to put pressure on the Syrian regime in the International Conferences and International Forums and others until the truth about the corrupt Syrian regime becomes clear to the whole world. In this way, the Arab and world States would have taken the first steps to help the great Syrian people. And the first step is to save the Syrian people from the risks that Bashar Al-Assad and his foolish, killer and spiteful snipers have put them.
ابو عدي

2012-8-20

Bashar El-Asaad is the leader of Syria for many years and he could deceive the whole world with what God gave him with his calm features and his elegant behavior in speaking, and then he wins the hearts of the Syrian people. This situation continued for years and this situation continued along consecutive years, where the people here faced the ruler. However, what was being hidden was the complete contrary.
نواس عبد

2012-8-20

The corrupt Syrian regime has been killing demonstrators and the innocent people for a long time. The latter are peaceful demonstrations where there is no sign of disturbances. However, those poor demonstrators were doomed to killings and wounds. Therefore, all the Arab Governments must take the most assertive position in this matter. Indeed, they must cooperate more than ever in order to achieve a solution in this respect. The Arab Heads of States must confront the killer Bashar and his government to repel this sabotage and murder. The Arab Governments should demand the Syrian authorities to take some measures to settle the matter.