Qah missile strike

Qah missile strike
Part of the Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war
LocationQah, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Coordinates36°08′N 36°49′E / 36.133°N 36.817°E / 36.133; 36.817
Date20 November 2019
~7:30 PM (local time)
TargetQah refugee camp
Attack type
missile strike
WeaponsCluster munitions
Deaths15
Injured40
PerpetratorsSyria Syrian Arab Army
Iran Iranian militias in Syria
Motiveunknown

The Qah missile strike, known by the Syrian opposition and some Arab media sources as the Qah massacre[1][2] was a missile attack that took place on 20 November 2019. A surface-to-surface missile carrying cluster munitions launched by the Syrian Arab Army along with Iranian militias from defense laboratories south of Aleppo targeted a camp for the displaced in the village of Qah near the Syria-Turkey border. Fifteen civilians were killed, including six children.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Syria: Idlib IDP camp hit by deadly missile attack". www.aljazeera.com.
  2. ^ "قصف فنيران فموت.. شاهد كيف تحول مخيم قاح بإدلب إلى "مجزرة"". www.aljazeera.net. Retrieved on 22 November 2019. Archived 2019-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "بالصور.. مجزرة بحقّ سكان مخيم قاح بريف إدلب". 21 November 2019. Retrieved on 22 November 2019. Archived 2019-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Who was behind the attack on Qah IDP camp in Idlib?". Enab Baladi. November 22, 2019.