Press Release
(Translated)
On Tuesday morning April 4,
2017, the world awoke to a horrific massacre in the city of Khan Sheikhoun of
Idlib, west of Syria, where the oppressive Syrian regime used poisonous sarin
gas, killing more than 100 civilians and wounding more than 400, mostly
children, as confirmed by the Directorate of Health in Idlib.
Al-Jazeera
correspondent reported that about 30 children and women were killed instantly,
while others died before reaching the hospital. Amid warnings of a humanitarian
disaster in the city, which is suffering from a mass displacement after the
massacre, was the reappearance of warplanes to bomb defense centers and medical
points, destroying Ar-Rahmah Hospital, which was providing first aid for the victims.
This
horrific massacre brought to mind the tragic event that took place on 21 August
2013, in which about 1500 people were killed in the city of Ghouta, Damascus. Without
the shedding of a single drop of blood, the people died in their sleep, and more
than 5,000 others, mostly children and women, were wounded in the most notorious
attack with chemicals, again by the brutal bombing of the Syrian regime's
forces.
The
Syrian regime has carried out attacks with internationally banned chemical and
poisonous weapons in various opposition controlled areas over the past years,
which amounted to more than 140 attacks which left hundreds of martyrs and
wounded. This was amidst a global condemnation of this regime coming from more
than 12 independent organizations and 6 governments of major states.
Once
again condemnations and expressions of regret and sadness are repeated, hardly without
missing the statements of the heads of major countries, especially America,
which had previously announced since 2013 a plan to remove the chemical
arsenal, as a way to circumvent implementation of Barack Obama's threat to Assad
earlier that "the use of chemicals is a red line." Kerry hinted then
that the removal of chemical weapons would be a good solution and would prevent
American military intervention, a solution which Russia announced that it would
adopt and would convince Assad of.
However,
the continuation of the Assad regime bombing more Syrian cities with toxic
chlorine gas after the Ghouta massacre, the latest of which was days ago in
Khan Sheikhoun city, and without a practical response from the international
community, rather the latter seeks to
look for a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis, and without a guarantee on
the trial of the perpetrators of those massacres, all this is blatant evidence of the support of those
countries for this regime and prolonging it through these negotiations, which
despite their many names and different
venues, their content remains one and that is, an increase in the killing,
displacement and dislodgment to bury the revolution, which was marked by Islamic
slogans and demands since its inception. This is as part of restructuring this mangled
regime according to their interests and strangling any attempt to breathe
outside their colonial system.
The
suffering of our people in Ash-Sham has been increased by the silence of the
rulers of the Muslims who still flatter their masters to the extent of closing
the border crossings in the face of the fugitives escaping the oppression of
the regime and in the face of the wounded and injured following this or that terrible
massacres under the pretext of security concerns. A Turkish official said that
authorities closed Bab al-Hawa crossing with Idlib suburb, on Tuesday, “for
security reasons”, indicating that it would reopen as soon as possible, despite
dozens of ambulances carrying wounded people still waiting in front of the gate
after being closed by the Turkish authorities.
The
people of Ash-Sham as all Muslims, did not and will not seek their salvation
from such rulers, but they are crying with grief and sorrow filled eyes to the
armies of Muslims stationed in their barracks, especially those who are a few
kilometers away from them, to come to our victory, to the relief of our anguish
and the arbitration of our Lord's law through the establishment of the Khilafah
(Caliphate) State on the method of the Prophethood, in which we will enjoy
security and safety and will heal our breasts from the oppressors, the abusers
of the lives of all of mankind.
Allah (swt)
says:
﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللَّهَ
يَنْصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ * وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَتَعْسًا لَهُمْ
وَأَضَلَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ * ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ
فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمَالَهُمْ﴾
“O you
who have believed, if you support Allah, He will support you and plant firmly
your feet. But those who disbelieve - for them is misery, and He will waste
their deeds. That is because they disliked what Allah revealed, so He rendered
worthless their deeds.” [Muhammad: 7-9]
Women’s
Section
in The
Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
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