UNobhala Jikelele we-UN u-Ban Ki-moon kulindeleke ukuthi atheleke eTurkey ohambweni lwesifunda olugxile kakhulu ezingxabanweni zaseSyria.
UMnu Ban uzovakashela amakamu ababaleki eningizimu lapho abantu baseSyria ababalelwa ku-200,000 bephephele empini ngaphesheya komngcele.
Uzophinde abe nezingxoxo e-Ankara noNdunankulu u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Lolu hambo lwenzeka njengoba ohulumeni besaqhubeka nokuxwayisa iDamaseku ukuthi ingasebenzisi izikhali zamakhemikhali ekulweni namavukelambuso.
UMnu Ban uthi usebhalele uMengameli u-Bashar al-Assad emxwayisa ngokuthi ukusetshenziswa kwalezi zikhali kuzoba “nemiphumela emibi kakhulu”.
Ekhuluma enhlokodolobha yase-Iraq, i-Baghdad ngoLwesine, uMnu Ban uthe uMengameli u-Assad kufanele "abhekane nengalo yomthetho" uma umbuso wakhe usebenzisa izikhali zamakhemikhali.
"Ngizwakalise ukukhathazeka kwami okukhulu kuhulumeni (kuhulumeni) waseSyria futhi ngithumele incwadi eqondiswe kuMengameli u-Assad ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule," kusho uBan.
“Ngixwayise ngokuthi noma yikanjani, uma kusetshenziswa izikhali zamakhemikhali, noma ngubani (okungaba) kuzomele abhekane nengalo yomthetho, lokho kuzodala imiphumela emibi kulabo bantu.”
Umsakazi we-BBC uJames Reynolds waseTurkey uthi akukacaci kahle ukuthi iSyria ingaba yimaphi amakhono kanye nezinhloso zayo.
I-NATO isanda kuvumela ukuthunyelwa kwamabhethri e-Patriot anti-missile ngasemngceleni weTurkey neSyria.
Lesi sinyathelo ebesilindelwe isikhathi eside size phakathi kokwesaba ukuthi iSyria ingasebenzisa izikhali zamakhemikhali.
Igesi yezinzwa
Uhulumeni waseSyria kukholakala ukuthi uphethe izikhali ezinjalo - okuhlanganisa igesi yesinaphi kanye ne-sarin, i-nerve ejenti enobuthi - ezindaweni eziningi ezweni lonke.
IDamaseku ayikaze ivume ukuthi inezikhali zamakhemikhali kodwa yathi, uma ingabakhona, ayisoze yazisebenzisa kubantu bayo.
Omunye umthombo wezobunhloli waseNtshonalanga utshele i-BBC ukuthi, kuze kube manje, alukho ushintsho olubalulekile ekunyakazeni noma ukuthunyelwa okungenzeka kwezikhali zamakhemikhali zaseSyria.
IWashington ixwayise ngokuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali zamakhemikhali eSyria kuzomela "umugqa obomvu" ongaholela ekungeneni okukhulu kwe-US kule ngxabano.
Umhleli we-BBC's Middle East uJeremy Bowen usanda kufika eDamaseku futhi uthi isimo sakhona sibi ngokuphawulekayo kusukela agcina ukuvakashela ngoJanuwari.
(BBC)
