UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned bombings claimed by the "Islamic State" (ISIS) terrorist group in two Syrian coastal cities and voiced concern about the military escalation in and around Damascus, AFP reports.
Ban "condemns the terrorist attacks today that claimed the lives of dozens of civilians in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartus," said his spokesman Stephane Dujarric. He expressed "great concern of the escalating military activity in many areas in and around Damascus", particularly in Daraya, Aleppo and Idlib and in northern Homs, especially Al-Houla, he added.