September 2016 Urum al-Kubra Aid Convoy Attack

A U.N. and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy at a warehouse along Highway 60 in the rebel-held city of Urum al-Kubra, approximately 15 km west of the city of Aleppo in the Aleppo Governorate of Syria, was destroyed during a late Monday night attack on 19 September 2016. Syrian rebels, the U.S. coalition, and their media outlets have accused the Syrian government, and shortly thereafter the Russian government, for the attack. The Russian and Syrian governments, their allies, and their media outlets have accused terrorist organizations operating in Aleppo of carrying out the attack and have further accused the U.S. coalition of using the attack to distract from the September 2016 Deir ez-Zor air raid on the Syrian government. Each side rejects the accusations made by the other; accusations

September 2016 Urum al-Kubra Aid Convoy Attack

A U.N. and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy at a warehouse along Highway 60 in the rebel-held city of Urum al-Kubra, approximately 15 km west of the city of Aleppo in the Aleppo Governorate of Syria, was destroyed during a late Monday night attack on 19 September 2016. Syrian rebels, the U.S. coalition, and their media outlets have accused the Syrian government, and shortly thereafter the Russian government, for the attack. The Russian and Syrian governments, their allies, and their media outlets have accused terrorist organizations operating in Aleppo of carrying out the attack and have further accused the U.S. coalition of using the attack to distract from the September 2016 Deir ez-Zor air raid on the Syrian government. Each side rejects the accusations made by the other; accusations