Syria attacks: 'There can be no justification' for bombing civilians, Australia tells regime

Australia has condemned the Syrian regime for its continued indiscriminate bombing raids on civilians in eastern Ghouta, warning many more people will die if the illegal onslaught continues.

Australia, speaking at its first session as a member of the human rights council, said it was appalled by the deteriorating humanitarian situation in eastern Ghouta, where nearly 400,000 civilians remain under siege and bombardment by the Syrian regime.

“Hundreds of people have been killed by regime attacks in recent days despite the passage of UNSC resolution 2401,” Dr Lachlan Strahan, Charge D’Affaires of Australia’s mission to the UN in Geneva told the council. “International humanitarian law is clear – there can be no justification for such attacks, which have been indiscriminate and disproportionate.”

The human rights council took the extraordinary step of clearing its scheduled agenda to debate the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Eastern Ghouta.


Source : theguardian