2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing

2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing
Part of the Syrian Civil War
LocationRashideen District, western Aleppo, Syria
Coordinates36°10′10″N 37°03′24″E / 36.16944°N 37.05667°E / 36.16944; 37.05667
Date15 April 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-15)
WeaponsCar bomb
Deaths126+[1]
Injured55+
PerpetratorUnknown

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]

  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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ al-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.