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 (2017-04-15)
WeaponsCar bomb
Deaths126+
Injured55+
PerpetratorUnknown

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

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