He said “our thoughts and prayers are with them all at this time.”
Over the past five years, thousands of people have died in the brutal battle to control Syria's largest city.
The civil war resulted in a lack of food and medical care is sparse whilst employment, education, cultural and social experiences have been severely curtailed.
The bloody conflict in their homeland resulted in an exodus of refugees desperate to avoid violence and fleeing to seek a better life elsewhere.
Eight people including young children make up the two related families which came to Lewis under an UK Government funded scheme.
The families receive the same support as other homeless households in the community who require accommodation.
The UK Government Home Office provides funding to cover key costs to partners associated with the resettlement of Syrian families and any specific needs over and above.
Local Syrian families hit by tragedy in Aleppo
16 December 2016
Close relatives to the first Syrian families to resettle in the Outer Hebrides have been killed in intense bombing attacks in Aleppo.
Deaths of loved ones left behind in the war torn country has plunged the families in Stornoway into mourning.
Norman Macdonald, convenor of Western Isles Council said the tragedy was a “heavy blow” to the Syrians who recently arrived in Lewis.
In a message to councillors, Mr Macdonald said: “It is with the deepest regret that I inform you that the Syrian families, resettling in our community, have lost very close family relatives during attacks in Aleppo over the last few days.”