SYRIA’S Foreign Ministry told the United Nations at the weekend that continuous attacks on residential areas in Aleppo are proof of the hypocrisy of countries claiming to be battling terrorism.

The ministry wrote to UN secretary-general Ban Ki Moon and the UN security council, accusing several regional countries of supporting the terrorists.

“In continuation of the policies of destruction and hatred which are sponsored by specific countries and regimes including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, the armed terrorist groups supported and funded by external sides continued targeting the residential neighbourhoods in Aleppo city with various explosive and rocket shells … without any consideration for the sanctity of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, in blatant violations of the truce agreements and the cessation of hostilities,” it declared.