At least 140 killed in Homs, Damascus on Sunday

Political Desk

Iran, Russia and the UN condemned Sunday’s attacks in Syria’s cities of Damascus and Homs where more than 140 people were killed.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran clearly and explicitly condemns all terrorist operations against innocent people," including the recent deadly bombings in the Damascus neighborhood, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Jaberi Ansari said on Monday.

The Iranian official stressed that fighting terrorist groups is vital for any solution to the Syria crisis.

"The success of any solution to Syria crisis is tied to fighting terrorism and stopping of financial and military assistance to them," he said.

He further warned that terrorist groups are trying to disrupt any attempt to reach a cease-fire in Syria.

Russia's Foreign Ministry also strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Syria, saying they were aimed at wrecking peace efforts.

"We are convinced that such abhorrent criminal acts need adequate ... reaction from the international community," the Russian ministry said in an online statement.

The statement said the atrocious crimes of terrorists are aimed at scaring the peaceful population, subverting attempts to reach a long term political settlement to the Syrian crisis in the interests of all Syrians and efforts to end violence and bloodshed. 

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura also condemned the attacks.

The United Nations said in a statement published on its website on Sunday that the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria strongly condemns yet another set of car bomb and explosions in Damascus and Homs cities.

On Sunday, three bomb blasts in a suburban area of the Syrian capital, Damascus, claimed the lives of at least 87 people and injured 178 others. Earlier in the day, twin bomb attacks also killed at least 59 people in the city of Homs.

The Daesh terrorist group said it was behind the multiple blasts and a car bomb attack in the southern Damascus district.

Syrian government forces have been fighting a foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. Some 470,000 people have been killed and 1.9 million injured in the violence, according to the Syrian Center for Policy Research.