{"id":101912,"date":"2017-03-12T17:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=101912"},"modified":"2017-03-12T18:02:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T16:02:31","slug":"iran-strongly-condemns-terrorist-blasts-hit-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=101912","title":{"rendered":"International and regional condemnations of Damascus terrorist bombings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Capitals, SANA- The French Foreign Ministry condemned the terrorist bombings that hit Bab al-Saghir area in Damascus city and led to the death and injury of tens of people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is more than ever urgency to ensure that ceasefire is respected in Syria,&#8221; the Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, two terrorist bombings hit Bab al-Saghir in Bab Mousalla area in Damascus city, leaving 40 people dead and over 120 others injured. Interior Minister Mag. Gen. Mohammad al-Shaar said the attack targeted visitors of different Arab nationalities in Bab al-Saghir area.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly\u00a0condemned the heinous and shameful terrorist\u00a0attacks hit Damascus Saturday, claiming the lives\u00a0of 40 civilians and injuring scores.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi\u00a0said in a statement on Saturday that indiscriminate assassinations, carnage and\u00a0spilling the blood of innocent people, including\u00a0women and children, are the last resort of the\u00a0desperate and miserable terrorists who have lost\u00a0their control more than ever following their\u00a0repeated failures in different fields.<\/p>\n<p>Terrorists and their overt and covert supporters\u00a0know well that they are on the threshold of more\u00a0failures and on the verge of ruin and undoubtedly\u00a0full collapse, Qassemi stated.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, Algeria vehemently condemned the double terrorist attack perpetrated against innocent civilians.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We vigorously condemn the double terrorist attack perpetrated Saturday in the Syrian capital Damascus against innocent citizens from various Arab countries which caused the loss of several human lives and in which many people were injured,\u201d said the spokesperson of the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdelaziz Benali Cherif.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this tragic circumstance, we reiterate our natural solidarity with the Syrian people and government and with the peoples and governments of the other brotherly countries affected by this heinous act,\u201d he added in that statement.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Ambassador Anwar Abdul-Hadi, the director of the Political Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) condemned the &#8220;cowardly&#8221; act which took place in Bab al-Saghir area in Damascus and claimed the lives of innocent people who were visiting religious sites.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador considered this act as a service to Israel and that it came as a response to the Syrian Arab Army&#8217;s victories against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Union of Syrian Students in Hungary, \u201cFor Syria&#8221; Forum and the Syrian community in Hungary also denounced the bombing attacks in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>The bombings were also condemned by the Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria (ASU) and the Arabic Democratic Unionist Party.<\/p>\n<p>M. al-Frieh\/H. 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