Iran's Foreign
Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi made the condemnation on Saturday
while offering his condolences to the Syrian government and nation.
Earlier,
at least 40 people were killed in the blast, which hit al-Rashideen
district on the western outskirts of Aleppo, located some 355
kilometers north of the capital Damascus, as buses were stopping at a
checkpoint.
The
buses were evacuating residents of Kefraya and al-Foua villages in
accordance with an agreement reached between the Syrian government and
foreign-sponsored Takfiri militant groups last month, Press TV reported.
"The
shameful criminal act by Takfiri terrorists in the cowardly attack on
buses carrying the people of al-Foua and Kefraya in Syria and killing
tens of innocent and defenseless women and children have added to the
record of atrocities carried out by terrorists and their supporters,”
said Qassemi.
He went on to slam those who claim to be supporters of the Syrian nation but refrain from commenting on such actions.
Qassemi
further stressed that dividing militants into "good and bad” by
supporters of such groups only serves to embolden terrorists.
Evacuee buses arrive in Aleppo
Later
on Saturday, the SANA news agency announced that the final series of
buses taking people from the villages of al-Foua and Kefraya have
arrived in Aleppo.
Some 15 buses
transporting hundreds of civilians arrived in al-Ramousa where they were
put up in a fully stocked temporary housing center.
Before that, several ambulances transporting those injured in the earlier attacks arrived in the city.
A
total of 75 buses and 20 ambulances had been scheduled to arrive in
Aleppo on Friday, but infighting between the terrorists had halted the
convoy’s departure.
