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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israeli Attack on Aleppo is Crime Against Humanity: Iran</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">March 7, 2023<br></div>
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<p>On Tuesday, the
Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly
condemned an Israeli attack on Syria's Aleppo International Airport as a
"crime against humanity."</p>
<p>Israel targeted the civil airport, the main route for the delivery of
international humanitarian aid to the Syrian city, when the
quake-stricken people in Aleppo are still under tough circumstances, he
said.</p>
<p>Slamming the attack
as a flagrant case of "crimes against humanity," Kanaani regretted that
some countries as well as Western and human rights organizations have
remained silent in the face of continued "brutal and inhumane" Israeli
attacks on Syria.</p>
<p>The attack damaged
the Aleppo airport's runway and took it out of service. Already heavily
destructed as a result of the years-long war in Syria, Aleppo has also
suffered considerable damage in the deadly earthquakes that hit southern
Türkiye and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6.</p>
<p>As a result of the damage caused to the runway, the Syrian Civil
Aviation authorities diverted planes providing assistance to those
affected by the earthquakes to Damascus and Latakia.</p>
<p>The Transport
Ministry announced that technical teams are inspecting the airport
facilities to determine the extent of the damage and repair the
infrastructure affected by the attack.</p>
<p>The Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights recalled that the Aleppo airport had
already been the target of another missile attack in September 2022. On
that occasion, the impact caused significant material damage and forced
the suspension of air traffic temporarily.</p>
<p>So far this year,
Israel has attacked Syrian territory on at least four occasions. Its
authorities have justified these actions by arguing that Syria harbors
Lebanese and Iranian armed groups.<br> </p>
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