“We visited the refugee camps. We visited many people in Syria itself. And we were shocked by the tremendous sufferings of the Syrian people, both inside the country and in the neighboring countries,” Mairead Maguire, a Noble Peace Prize laureate, said.

The peace activists also condemned any foreign intervention in Syria, and stressed that only the Syrian people must decide about their future. They also denounced the crimes committed in the name of religion by Takfiri extremists operating inside Syria, urging regional countries to stop sending arms and financial aid to these groups.