Khan al-Assal massacre

Khan al-Assal massacre
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Khan al-Assal massacre is located in Syria
Khan al-Assal massacre
LocationKhan al-Assal, Aleppo, Syria
Date22 July 2013
Deaths51 soldiers (opposition claim)[1]
123, majority civilian (regime claim)[2]
Perpetrators Al-Nusra Front and Ansar al-Khilafa Brigade[1]

The Khan al-Assal Massacre[3] (Arabic: مجزرة خان العسل, romanizedMajzara Ḵān al-ʿAsal) was committed during the Syrian Civil War by Syrian rebels after the capture of Khan al-Assal, a town about 14 kilometers west of the city of Aleppo, by the armed opposition on 22 July 2013. Opposition activists attributed the massacre to the jihadist group Al-Nusra Front – then al-Qaeda's main Syrian branch – and the Ansar al-Khilafa Brigade, and said that 51 government soldiers who had surrendered had been executed.[1] Government media said that Islamists including the al-Khalifa Brigade had killed 123 people, the majority of them civilians.[2][4]

  1. ^ a b c New York Times, 27 July 2013, Soldiers’ Mass Execution Reported by Syria Group
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SANA494383 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ McDonnell, Patrick J. (27 July 2013). "Syrian rebels accused of massacre near Aleppo". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Syria says rebels killed 123 people in north, majority civilians". Ca.reuters.com. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.

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