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| {{merge|Battle of Aleppo (2012–16)|discuss=Talk:Aleppo Massacre (December 2016)#Merger proposal|date=December 2016}} | |||
| {{Infobox civilian attack | |||
| |name= Aleppo Massacre | |||
| |partof= the ] | |||
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| | lat_deg = 36.167222 | |||
| | lon_deg = 37.039167 | |||
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| |date= 12 December 2016 | |||
| |fatalities= At least 82 | |||
| |perpetrators= {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Syrian_Arab_Armed_Forces.svg}} ] <br> {{flagicon image|Nujabaimage.jpg}} ]<ref name=Reuters/> | |||
| |location= Neighborhoods of Bustan al-Qasr, Al-Firdous, Kallaseh and Al Saleheen, ], Syria | |||
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| {{Campaignbox Battle of Aleppo}} | |||
| The '''Aleppo Massacre'''<ref name=NYT>'']'', 13 December 2016, </ref> was committed during the ] by pro-Assad Syrian government forces as well as pro-government ]<ref>"". BBC News. 13 December 2016.</ref> after the capture of Eastern Aleppo from Syrian rebels. At least 82 people were killed including 11 women and 13 children.<ref name=Reuters>'']'', 13 December 2016, </ref><ref name="OHCHR Aleppo massacre">{{cite web |title=Syria: Aleppo terror and slaughter must be halted – Zeid|url=http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21024&LangID=E#sthash.r0NGEICG.dpuf|publisher=]|date=13 December 2016|accessdate=14 December 2016}}</ref> | |||
| ==Background== | |||
| {{main|Battle of Aleppo}} | |||
| Eastern Aleppo was captured by Syrian rebels in July 2012.<ref name=July2012>'']'', 27 July 2012, </ref> After the Russian intervention, Syrian Army and allies were able to surround and besiege Eastern Aleppo. While airstrikes and indiscriminant barrel bombs<ref name=HRW>'']'', 24 February 2015, </ref> had continued to fall on the rebel-held half of the city for years, hundreds of thousands of civilians<ref name=DemNow>'']'', 23 November 2016, </ref> had remained in their homes there. | |||
| After a six-month siege and a "catastrophic"<ref name=Guardian>'']'', 28 September 2016, </ref> Syrian and Russian aerial bombardment campaign, in which "thousands" of civilians were killed and the main hospitals were put out of service,<ref name=BBC>'']'', 2 October 2016, </ref> Eastern Aleppo was recaptured by the Syrian Army in December 2016.<ref name=Foreign>'']'', 29 September 2016, </ref> | |||
| ==Massacre== | |||
| After the capture of East Aleppo by the Syrian army, the ] said it received "credible reports" that forces loyal to government were "gunning down civilians" and killing residents in their homes in four different neighborhoods in Aleppo city<ref name="OHCHR Aleppo massacre"/><ref>{{cite news|title=‘It is past time for you to act’ to end carnage in Aleppo, UN chief tells emergency Security Council session|publisher=UN News Center|date=13 December 2016|accessdate=15 December 2016|url=http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55789#.WFKG69LNzIU}}</ref> | |||
| Amnesty International has described the killings as war crimes and stated "Amnesty International has previously highlighted the Syrian government’s widespread and systematic use of enforced disappearance to attack the civilian population in what has amounted to crimes against humanity. It is crucial that independent monitors are deployed to prevent further enforced disappearances, torture and other ill-treatment".<ref></ref> The deputy director for research for Amnesty International in Beirut also said: "the reports that civilians - including children - are being massacred in cold blood in their homes by Syrian government forces are deeply shocking but not unexpected given their conduct to date. Such extrajudicial executions would amount to war crimes." | |||
| ==Reactions== | |||
| * {{flag|United Nations}} - Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, decried "the crushing of Aleppo, the immeasurably terrifying toll on its people, the bloodshed, the wanton slaughter of men, women and children, the destruction." He also said the slaughter could repeat itself in the currently rebel-held cities of ] and ].<ref name=Suicide /> | |||
| * {{flag|United Nations}} - Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the United Nations office coordinating emergency relief, called the events “a complete meltdown of humanity.” <ref name=NYT/> | |||
| * {{flag|Syria}} - Brigadier General Samir Suleiman said: "These are false claims. The Arab Syrian army can never do this and we have never done it in our army's history."<ref name=Suicide>'']'', 13 December 2016, </ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| {{Syrian Civil War}} | |||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Aleppo Massacre (December 2016)}} | |||
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