DAMASCUS, Syria, May 24, 2015.- The terrorist group Islamic State (EI) has slaughtered at least 400 people, mostly children, women and the elderly, in the Syrian city of Palmyra since taking control the Wednesday, according to the official Syrian television reported, citing local sources.
Dozens of victims are Syrian government officials, including the Head of Department of Nursing Palmyra Hospital, which no identified television, and his family.
The Syrian Prime Minister Wael al Halqi condemned the “horrific slaughter” perpetrated by the EI and blamed it on the “countries supporting material terrorism and militarily, mainly Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey and some Western countries, “state television said.
Therefore, Al Halqi called on the international community and humanitarian organizations to bring pressure to” those governments supporting terrorism “.
The victims were killed because” their loyalty to the Syrian government and disobedience to EI, “according to state television, adding that” these crimes are being perpetrated against the shameful silence of the international community “.
Syrian television criticized the Security Council of the United Nations” has only expressed its “concern” without taking any deterrent on the ground “.
The jihadists banned thousands of citizens leave the city and many of them stole their possessions, as well as imposing on the city its radical interpretation of Islamic law.
The ruins of this town are one of six Syrian sites included in the list of World Heritage of Unesco, and are also in the list of Sites in Danger.
Located in an oasis, Palmyra was in the first and second centuries AD one of the most important cultural centers of the ancient world and meeting point for caravans on the Silk Road crossing the arid desert of central Syria.
Before the start of the war in the country, in March 2011, its ruins were one of the main attractions of the Arab State and the region.
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