A picture taken on February 19, 2020, shows a general view of the airport of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo upon the relaunch of commercial flights. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
A UN official for Syria has condemned an Israeli airstrike on Syria’s Aleppo International Airport, which put the airport out of service and halted aid flights into the city that had been arriving for earthquake relief.
El-Mostafa Benlamlih, the UN’s resident coordinator for Syria, said the airstrike suspended UN humanitarian aid flights into Aleppo, a city that was devastated by the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6.
“The closure has also resulted in suspension of all flights from Aleppo for the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) – the key enabler of access for humanitarian operations in Syria and in many other crisis countries,” Benlamlih said.
He said the impact of the “closure impedes humanitarian access and could have drastic humanitarian consequences for millions of people who have been affected by the earthquake.”
Source: Antiwar.com
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