Drowning of Syrian Boy, Disgrace for Humanity

Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb said it demonstrated that the world powers are turning a blind eye to the plight of millions of people who are suffering from war, famine, and destruction.

Those governments that claim to be advocating human rights are witnessing these scenes but their conscience remain untouched, he lamented.

El-Tayeb referred to the critical conditions of the Syrian people and called on the world community and international bodies to fulfill their responsibility about the ongoing tragedy.

A three-year-old Syrian boy, identified as Aylan Kurdi, along with 12 other Syrian people, including his five-year-old brother, drowned and were washed up on a beach near the resort town of Bodrum, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of the city of Antalya, on Turkey’s idyllic ‘Turquoise Coast’ on Wednesday.

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According to Turkish media, the little brothers were from the northern Syrian town of Kobani, the site of fierce fighting between Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri terrorists and Kurdish forces earlier this year.

Rocketing across the world on social media, the photograph of the 3-year-old Aylan, his round cheek pressed to the sand as if he were sleeping, has forced Western nations to confront the consequence of a collective failure to help migrants fleeing the Middle East and Africa to Europe in search of hope, opportunity and safety.

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