Ki-Moon expresses concern over terrorists’deliberate attacks of religious sanctities in Syria

U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, expressed deep concern over the deliberated attacks on the religious sanctities in Syria and representatives of the church, calling for maintaining the safety of the kidnapped nuns of Thecla convent in Maaloula.
On December 2, a takfiri terrorist group attacked the archeological city of Maaloula in Damascus Countryside and perpetrated sabotage acts in the city and broke into Thecla convent and kidnapped the Mother Superior and 12 nuns.
In a statement posted at the website of the UN News Center on Tuesday, Ki-Moon expressed the UN rejection of targeting the persons according to their religion, religious and ethnic belonging.
The statement pointed out that the UN Secretary General joins all the appeals to maintain the safety of the nuns and all the kidnapped in Syria, referring to the necessity for protecting the civilians in Syria.
The UN expressed extreme annoyance for targeting the worship places and representatives of the religions in Syria, asserting that those fears have recently increased after kidnapping 12 nuns of Thecla convent in Maaloula.