Syria Urges UNSC to Condemn French Warplanes’ Massacre against Civilians in Aleppo Countryside

DAMASCUS, (ST)-The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Tuesday sent two identical letters to the UN Chief and President of the Security Council dealing with the massacre committed by the French warplanes working within the so-called US-led anti-terror Coalition against civilians in al-Toukhan al-Kubra village of Aleppo countryside and which claimed the lives of 120 civilians and wounded dozens others.  

According to the letters, whole families were killed and have their houses completely destroyed.  Most of the victims were children, women and elderly, the letters said, pointing out that many people are still trapped under the rubble of their houses amid operations to rescue any survivors.

 The ministry went on to say in its letters that the French aggression comes only a day after American warplanes committed a similar massacre against innocent people in Manbej city in Aleppo. More than 20 civilians were martyred and many others were wounded in the airstrikes.

“The government of the Syrian Arab Republic condemns in the strongest terms the two massacres committed by the French and American warplanes of the US-led coalition which keeps targeting the Syrian civilians and infrastructure instead of the terrorist organizations,” according to the ministry.

It stressed that those who want to fight terrorism should coordinate with the Syrian government and army which is fighting terrorists all over Syria, pointing out that  describing the terrorist organizations as moderate opposition has become unacceptable and shameful.

The ministry asserted that the continuous support provided  by France, the United States, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Britain to terrorist organizations, called by these countries as “moderate groups”, is a clear evidence proving these countries’ collusion with terrorist groups and affirming their lack of seriousness about fighting terrorism.

It added that the Syrian government called on the U.N. and the Security Council to condemn the French massacre and urged the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities towards keeping international peace and security through adopting punitive measures against the countries and regimes that support and fund terrorism.  

Hamda Mustafa