EU calls for end to bombings against civilians in Syria

The European Union called on Thursday for an end to the “extraordinary human suffering” of the civilian population in Syria, amid a renewed offensive in Idlib by Syrian forces.
“The extraordinary human suffering endured by the civilian population in north-west Syria is unacceptable,” said Josep Borrell, EU’s Foreign Policy chief in a joint statement with EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič.
The two EU officials also urged the opening of a humanitarian corridor to facilitate access of emergency assistance and called for respect of international humanitarian law.
They added that “attacks continue to include civilian targets in densely populated areas, medical facilities and settlements for internally displaced people … and serious violations of international humanitarian law have become commonplace.”
According to the UN, 520,000 people were displaced since the operations began in December 2019.
Borrell and Lenarčič highlighted that the European Union pledges to continue providing emergency assistance to millions of people in the country and said that only an “inclusive UN-facilitated political solution” to the Syrian conflict will be backed by the EU.