![Syrian army soldiers inspect the site of a series of attacks in the district of Sayyidah Zaynab, south of Damascus, Syria, Feb. 21, 2016. The death toll in the triple bombings that rocked a Shiite district in Damascus on Sunday has risen to 83, state news agency SANA said. As many as 178 others were injured in these serial attacks. [Xinhua/Yang Zhen]](https://b1551886.assetcdn.net/2.0/1551886/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/b8aeedd129f01834a8e908.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 "Syrian army soldiers inspect the site of a series of attacks in the district of Sayyidah Zaynab, south of Damascus, Syria, Feb. 21, 2016. The death toll in the triple bombings that rocked a Shiite district in Damascus on Sunday has risen to 83, state news agency SANA said. As many as 178 others were injured in these serial attacks. [Xinhua/Yang Zhen]")
“The Brazilian government condemns, in the strongest terms, the terrorist attacks which resulted in the deaths of over a hundred people in Syria, at the city of Homs and at the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, near Damascus, on Sunday, Feb. 21,” the statement said.
![Syrian army soldiers inspect the site of a series of attacks in the district of Sayyidah Zaynab, south of Damascus, Syria, Feb. 21, 2016. The death toll in the triple bombings that rocked a Shiite district in Damascus on Sunday has risen to 83, state news agency SANA said. As many as 178 others were injured in these serial attacks. [Xinhua/Yang Zhen]](http://newsghana1.tempurl.host/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/b8aeedd129f01834a8e908.jpg)
Brazil denounced the attacks on civilians, calling them “barbaric acts,” and said the whole world should condemn them as well.
“No terrorist attack is justified. No manifestation of religious intolerance can have a place in today’s world,” the government said.
The Brazilian government sent its condolences to the families of the victims of the attacks and reaffirmed its support to ongoing attempts to establish peace in the region, highlighting that peace in Syria must be achieved “through dialogue and reconciliation” in a process led by Syrians in suitable sectors, which exclude terrorist groups.
The government also stressed that Syria and Brazil share a “deep historical connection” — there is a large Syrian community in Brazil, and the country has received a large number of Syrian refugees in recent years.
Source: Xinhua, February 23, 2016
