Smutek i modlitwa papieża po atakach w Syrii [GALERIA]

„Z Syrii docierają straszne wiadomości o bombardowaniach, które spowodowały dziesiątki ofiar, a spośród których wiele to kobiety i dzieci. Są to doniesienia o wielu osobach dotkniętych substancjami chemicznymi zawartymi w bombach. Módlmy się za zmarłych, rannych, za cierpiące rodziny. Nie ma dobrej wojny i złej wojny, i nic nie może usprawiedliwić użycia takich narzędzi masowego rażenia przeciwko bezbronnym osobom i ludom. Módlmy się, aby odpowiedzialni polityczni i wojskowi obrali inną drogę, drogę negocjacji, jedyną która może doprowadzić do pokoju, a która nie była by drogą śmierci i zniszczenia” – powiedział papież.

Z informacji sił opozycyjnych w Wschodniej Gucie wynika, że może być co najmniej tysiąc rannych. Te same źródła podają, że śmigłowce wojsk Baszara al-Asada zrzucały na miasto bomby wypełnione sarinem.

W poniedziałek w tej sprawie – w trybie pilnym – zebrała się Rada Bezpieczeństwa ONZ
Ambasador Rosji przy ONZ Wasilij Niebienzia powiedział, że Rosja domaga się wysłania do Syrii misji Organizacji ds. Zakazu Broni Chemicznej. Niebienzia zaapelował o wysłanie ekspertów OPCW już we wtorek i zaproponował, że „syryjskie i rosyjskie oddziały będą ich eskortować na miejsce domniemanego ataku”. Rosyjski ambasador powiedział również, że informacja o ataku chemicznym w Syrii „została sfabrykowana, między innymi po to, by oderwać uwagę od sprawy Siergieja Skripala”; odniósł się do afery związanej z próbą otrucia w Wielkiej Brytanii, przy użyciu środka chemicznego o zastosowaniu bojowym, byłego rosyjskiego szpiega. Niebienzia oznajmił, że Moskwa ostrzegła USA, iż uderzenie militarne w Syrii może prowadzić do „poważnych reperkusji”. Brytyjska ambasador przy ONZ Karen Pierce powiedziała dziennikarzom, że Wielka Brytania wolałaby „zacząć od właściwego śledztwa” w sprawie użycia broni chemicznej, ale „jest w kontakcie” ze swymi bliskimi sojusznikami – USA i Francją. Dodała, że żadna forma retorsji wobec sprawców ataku nie jest wykluczona.

epaselect epa06655162 Bodies of victims of alleged chemical attack lie on the ground in rebels-held Douma, Syria, 08 April 2018. According to media and local reports, at least 70 people died after a helicopter dropped a barrel bomb allegedly containing Sarin gas, a nerve toxin that kills within minutes of direct inhalation unless treated quickly with an antidote. Locals claim that the helicopter allegedly belongs to forces loyal to the Syrian government, while both Syria and Russia denied using chemical weapons and called the attack a fabrication by Jayesh al-Islam (the military ruler of Douma) in an attempt to hinder the Syrian Arab Army advancement, according to a report on the Syrian Arab News Agency, the Syrian Government’s official news agency. EPA/EMAD ALDIN ATTENTION: GRAPHIC CONTENT Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06655173 Bodies of victims of alleged chemical attack lie on the ground in rebels-held Douma, Syria, 07 April 2018 (Issued 08 April 2018). According to media and local reports, at least 70 people died after a helicopter dropped a barrel bomb allegedly containing Sarin gas, a nerve toxin that kills within minutes of direct inhalation unless treated quickly with an antidote. Locals claim that the helicopter allegedly belongs to forces loyal to the Syrian government, while both Syria and Russia denied using chemical weapons and called the attack a fabrication by Jayesh al-Islam (the military ruler of Douma) in an attempt to hinder the Syrian Arab Army advancement, according to a report on the Syrian Arab News Agency, the Syrian Government’s official news agency. EPA/EMAD ALDIN ATTENTION: GRAPHIC CONTENT Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06655304 People buy sweets from a vendor at a street in Zamalka town, Eastern Ghouta, in the countryside of Damascus, Syria, 08 April 2018. The city was recently recaptured by the Syrian government during a military offensive that was launched more than a month ago against rebels. EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06655309 A torched tank at Zamalka town, Eastern Ghouta, in the countryside of Damascus, Syria, 08 April 2018. The city was recently recaptured by the Syrian government during a military offensive that was launched more than a month ago against rebels. EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06655460 Syrian solider explains a map the army seized at Zamalka town, Eastern Ghouta, in the countryside of Damascus, Syria, 08 April 2018. The city was recently recaptured by the Syrian government during a military offensive that was launched more than a month ago against rebels. EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06656616 A handout photo released by Syria’s offical Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows civilians that were allegedly imprisoned by Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam) fighters in Douma, as they arrive to al-Faihaa hall in Damascus, Syria, 08 April 2018 (Issued 09 April 2018). According to media reports, Jaysh al-Islam agreed to release alleged prisoners that were held since 2013, in exchange Assad and Russian forces will allow the evacuation of the group’s combatants, their families and other civilians from Douma, Eastern Ghouta. The fighters were evacuated to Jarablus, a town in northern Syria’s Aleppo district. EPA/SANA / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06656618 A handout photo released by Syria’s offical Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows civilians that were allegedly imprisoned by Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam) fighters in Douma, as they arrive to al-Faihaa hall in Damascus, Syria, 08 April 2018 (Issued 09 April 2018). According to media reports, Jaysh al-Islam agreed to release alleged prisoners that were held since 2013, in exchange Assad and Russian forces will allow the evacuation of the group’s combatants, their families and other civilians from Douma, Eastern Ghouta. The fighters were evacuated to Jarablus, a town in northern Syria’s Aleppo district. EPA/SANA / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06657851 A boy waves a Syrian flag as government buses evacuated al-Islam Army’s fighters from Douma City, in Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus, Syria, 09 April 2018. According to media reports, 45 buses, carrying hundreds of militants and their relatives on board, got out of Douma through the al-Wafideen crossing. The gunmen were reportedly assembled at an assigned point on Harasta highway to be then transferred at once at a later time to Jarablus city, in the countryside of Aleppo, under the supervision of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC). EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06657868 Vassily Nebenzia (C), Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, addresses an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria at United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 09 April 2018. The suspected chemical attack took place over weekend in the Damascus suburb of Douma, killing at least 49 people. EPA/JUSTIN LANE Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06657913 Nikki Haley, the United States’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations, addresses an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria at United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 09 April 2018. The suspected chemical attack took place over weekend in the Damascus suburb of Douma, killing at least 49 people. EPA/JUSTIN LANE Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06657915 Vassily Nebenzia (C), Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, addresses an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria at United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 09 April 2018. The suspected chemical attack took place over weekend in the Damascus suburb of Douma, killing at least 49 people. EPA/JUSTIN LANE Dostawca: PAP/EPA.