Baladi - Newspaper
Pope Francis has decried intensified attacks in southern Syria, asking that people there be spared more suffering.
In remarks Sunday at the Vatican, Francis cited Syria's Daraa province, where a government offensive that began June 19 has killed scores of people and forced more than 50,000 to flee.
Francis lamented that "the military actions of recent days have struck even schools and hospitals and triggered thousands of new refugees."
He renewed his appeal for peace so that Syrians, after years of fighting, could be "spared further suffering."
Source: The Daily Mail