The reports believe that sectarian violence in the city mainly of the Druze of Sweida, south of the capital, killed more than 200.
Israel explained its attacks at the heart of the capital and on pro-government forces in Sweida as a defensive movement in favor of the Druze community, which has a significant presence in Israel and the Golanian occupied by Israeli.
The strikes of the Ministry of Defense in Damascus also struck an area near the presidential palace, according to reports and the Syrian authorities.
According to her threat to attack the Syrian military operations which take place in the south of the capital, Israel said that she would intensify strikes.
Syrians “stolen” of peace opportunity
“” The secretary general is alarmed by continuous climbing of violence in Sweida“And” unequivocally condemns any violence against civilians, “said UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Wednesday.
It was the second day In a line that the United Nations chief intervened to highlight the growing civil balance sheet and the “relationships of arbitrary murder and acts which have the flames of sectarian tensions and steal the people of Syria of their opportunity of peace.”
Guterres also condemned the “climbing air strikes” of Israel on Sweida, Daraa and the center of Damascus, as well as “reports on the redeployment of forces by the FDI in the Golan”, the highly disputed mountainous region along the border of the two countries.
The UN also called on Israel to cease any violation of sovereignty and respect for Syria 1974 Constant of forces.
The UN chief also reiterated the need to support “a credible political transition, ordered and inclusive in Syria in accordance with the key principles of Resolution 2254 of the Security Council. “”
Plunging his condolences to the people of Syria, the secretary general reiterated his appeal to an immediate de -escalation of violence measures to facilitate humanitarian access.
Civilians
Dujarric said that UN humanitarian workers warned that “fatal hostilities continue to endanger civilians, with continuous reports of significant displacement and damage to critical infrastructure, including water, electricity and telecommunications networks,” said Dujarric.
Access to Sweida and affected areas remains seriously limited due to insecurity and road closures, and civilians are unable to reach shelters.
The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Syria, Adam Abdelmoula, said that the UN and its humanitarian partners planned to assess the needs and provide essential assistance to Sweida as soon as the conditions allow.
Mr. Dujarric stressed that medical services in Sweida and the governorate neighboring Daraa are too wide and that hospitals are almost at full capacity.
While the World Health Organization (WHO) sent emergency medical supplies to Daraa, deliveries to Sweida have not yet succeeded due to the fighting.
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