September 2016 Urum al-Kubra aid convoy attack
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A United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy unloading at a warehouse along Highway 60 in the rebel-held city of Urum al-Kubra, approximately 15 kilometers (9 mi) west of the city of Aleppo in the Aleppo Governorate of Syria, was destroyed during a late night attack on 19 September 2016, during the Syrian Civil War. The UN accused the Syrian government of a carrying out the attack in a "meticulously planned and ruthlessly carried out" air strike, first dropping barrel bombs, then rocketing the convoy, and finally strafing survivors with machine gun fire.[2][3] In all, fourteen aid workers were killed in the strike.[3]
Part of the Syrian Civil War | |
Date | 19 September 2016 |
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Time | Began sometime between 7:12 - 7:50 p.m. or at around 8 p.m. |
Location | Urum al-Kubra, Aleppo Governorate, Syria |
Coordinates | 36.151583°N 36.967750°E / 36.151583; 36.967750 |
Participants | Syrian government (per UN) |
Deaths | 14[1] |
Property damage | 17 food-aid trucks destroyed[1] |