Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
I don't see Aden, Aleppo, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Sanaa or Tehran being served by a UK-based airline any time soon...
Neither do I for absolutely "obvious reasons," and I should imagine that any other intelligent person would also agree. I don't think that anyone, especially those who pay attention to geopolitics, would suggest otherwise.
But nonetheless, they are previous destinations flown by British Airways.