Moscow strongly condemned the barbaric acts committed by terrorists against the civilians in northeastern Syria.

A statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow condemns the barbaric acts and atrocities committed by international terrorism and extremists against peaceful Kurd civilians in northeastern Syria who are not involved in any way in the ongoing political and armed conflict in Syria.

The Ministry referred to the increasing tension in Ras al-Ein and Tal Abyad areas on the Syrian-Turkish borders, pointing out that terrorists kidnapped 500 civilians and beheaded many of them, and that the terrorists are still holding around 200 civilian hostages and using them as human shields.