2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing

2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing
2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Location	Rashideen District, western Aleppo, Syria
Coordinates	36°10′10″N 37°03′24″E / 36.16944°N 37.05667°E
Date	15 April 2017
Weapons	Car bomb
Deaths	126+
Injured	55+
Perpetrator	Unknown

On 15 April 2017, a car bomb detonated near a convoy of buses in the al-Rashideen neighbourhood of western Aleppo, Syria.^[2] The buses carried civilian evacuees from the besieged government-controlled towns of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya and were guarded by rebel fighters.^[3] The bombing killed at least 126 people^[4] including at least 80 children.^[5]

The bus evacuation was part of an agreement brokered by the Syrian government, Iran, and Qatar, and implemented by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.^[6] Under the terms of the evacuation deal, residents of the Shia communities of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya, which supported the Syrian government^[7] and were surrounded by the Army of Conquest,^[8] would be transported to Aleppo.^[6] In return, residents of Madaya and Al-Zabadani, which are Sunni-majority and support the opposition, would be transported to the Idlib province.^[6]

^ "Syria evacuees bomb attack death toll rises to 112: monitor". AFP. 16 April 2017.
^ "Dozens killed after bomb explodes near Aleppo evacuation bus convoy". CBC News. 15 April 2017.
^ "Syria war: Huge bomb kills dozens of evacuees in Syria". BBC News. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
^ "Death toll from Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack at least 126: Observatory". Reuters. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
^ "'A new horror': 80 children among those slaughtered in suicide attack on refugee convoy". ABC News. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c "More Than 7,000 People Evacuated From 4 Besieged Syrian Towns". The New York Times. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ al-Kurdi, Anas. "Syrian regime forces 'lost stomach to retake Idlib'". alaraby.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
^ Lizzie Dearden (12 January 2016). "Madaya: The two other Syrian villages where 20,000 people have been starving under rebel siege". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Foua and Kefraya have been surrounded by Jaysh al-Fatah (Army of Conquest), led by al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Musra and Islamists Ahrar ash-Sham since March last year.

[1] "Syria evacuees bomb attack death toll rises to 112: monitor". AFP. 16 April 2017.

[2] "Dozens killed after bomb explodes near Aleppo evacuation bus convoy". CBC News. 15 April 2017.

[3] "Syria war: Huge bomb kills dozens of evacuees in Syria". BBC News. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

[4] "Death toll from Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack at least 126: Observatory". Reuters. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2017-04-16.

[5] "'A new horror': 80 children among those slaughtered in suicide attack on refugee convoy". ABC News. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-18.

[evac-6] "More Than 7,000 People Evacuated From 4 Besieged Syrian Towns". The New York Times. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[7] -Kurdi, Anas. "Syrian regime forces 'lost stomach to retake Idlib'". alaraby.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

[8] Lizzie Dearden (12 January 2016). "Madaya: The two other Syrian villages where 20,000 people have been starving under rebel siege". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Foua and Kefraya have been surrounded by Jaysh al-Fatah (Army of Conquest), led by al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Musra and Islamists Ahrar ash-Sham since March last year.

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