ANKARA
Leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed Syrian regime over Houla massacre and said that, "The sin of killing of 50 children in El-Houla is enough for the Syrian administration. This is cruelty. For doing this, you leave mercy and conscience behind you. This inhuman massacre tramples the humanistic values."
Speaking at the AK Party's group meeting in the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan pointed out to the issues in Syria.
Erdogan stressed that the news they heard on Friday were heart-wrenching and reminded that 110 civilians lost their lives during relentless attacks.
Erdogan said, "Worst of all was seeing those children, more than half of their hands were tied behind them."
Erdogan stated that they have been receiving massacre news from Hama and he said that he condemns the inhuman attacks.
Turkey already condemned the attacks in Houla, a province of Homs, killing 110 civilians, including 50 children on May 25.
After the Houla attacks Turkish Foreign Ministry said that "We deplore and condemn in the strongest terms the massacre of at least 110 innocent civilians, including 50 children, as a result of the rocket and artillery bombardment carried out by the Syrian security forces on May 25 against the town of Houla, a province of Homs, and the mass murders committed by soldiers and 'shebbiha' militias who entered into the town afterwards."
A six-point ceasefire plan, which was presented by UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on March 10 and accepted by him on March 27, came into effect on April 12. Assad's government has been accused of failing to abide by key terms of the truce plan, including pulling all forces from urban areas and allowing peaceful demonstrations.
The UN Security Council blamed the Syrian government for attacking residential areas of the town of Houla with artillery and tank shelling and also condemned the close-range killings of civilians there, but avoided saying who was responsible for the massacre of more than 108 people including 49 children.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon sent a letter to UNSC and noted that the violence in Syria escalated in the past two days. Ban said that UNSMIS was informed that 116 people had been killed and over 300 were wounded during the attacks in El-Houleh.
UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today to discuss latest situation in the country.
