Former international cricketer and Karachi Kings President Shahid Afridi has expressed alarm over the humanitarian crisis in the Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta where more than 400 people including children have been killed in recent days.
“The Ongoing siege in Eastern #Goutha #Syria is keeping out life saving medicines, targeting children and other innocents. This needs to stop immediately, the international body needs to act and register their presence,” wrote the cricketer on social media site Twitter.
He also called on the international community particularly the United Nations to play its role and make its presence felt and stop the ongoing siege immediately.
He expressed alarm that life-saving medicines cannot reach the area due to the ongoing siege, and children and other innocent civilians are being targeted.
UN has renewed its appeal for an immediate truce in the besieged Syrian rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area, where more than 393,000 civilians are trapped.
At least 541 people have been killed by government air and artillery strikes since hostilities escalated eight days ago. Eastern Ghouta is the last major rebel-held area near the capital, Damascus, and has been besieged since 2013 by the Syrian military.
The Ongoing siege in Eastern #Goutha #Syria is keeping out life saving medicines, targeting children and other innocents. This needs to stop immediately, the international body needs to act and register their presence.
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) February 26, 2018
