Shia Rights Watch (SRW) strongly condemns the terrorist attack targeting Shia figures in Syria. SRW, also urges United Nation to put more effort in protecting Shia in the country knowing that Shia always are known for supporting peace and nonviolence in the area.
On Sunday May 13, 2012, Anti-Shia terrorist attack the Imam of the Ruqayya mosque, Sheikh Abbas al-Laham, in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The attackers killed al-Laham while he was heading from the evening prayer in the mosque to his home.
He is one of the several religious figures killed in the country in recent months.
Al-Laham’s assassination came a day after the head of the UN supervision mission described the situation in Syria as calm.
