OIC Condemns Barbaric Raids on Idlib and Al-Ghuta, Calls for their Immediate Cessation

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned, and called for the immediate cessation of, the barbaric raids carried out by the Syrian regime and its allies against civilians and residential districts in Al-Ghuta and Idlib province. The raids have damaged the local infrastructure particularly hospitals and medical services.

The OIC urged all parties in Syria to abide by international humanitarian law, which calls for desisting from targeting civilian structures in times of war or causing casualties among the civilians and children in the residential areas.

The OIC also laid emphasis on the need to work out a political solution to the Syrian crisis, based on the Geneva I principles and the relevant UN resolutions, which emphasize on the sovereignty and unity of the Syrian territories and call for security and stability in the region.