Khan al-Assal massacre
| Khan al-Assal massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Syrian Civil War | |
| Location | Khan al-Assal, Aleppo, Syria |
| Date | 22 July 2013 |
| Deaths | 51 soldiers (opposition claim) 123, majority civilian (regime claim) |
| Perpetrators | Al-Nusra Front and Ansar al-Khilafah |
The Khan al-Assal Massacre (Arabic: مجزرة خان العسل, romanized: Majzara Ḵān al-ʿAsal) was committed during the Syrian Civil War by Syrian rebels after the capture of Khan al-Assal, a town about 14 kilometers west of the city of Aleppo, by the armed opposition on 22 July 2013. Opposition activists attributed the massacre to the jihadist group Al-Nusra Front – then al-Qaeda's main Syrian branch – and the Ansar al-Khilafa Brigade, and said that 51 government soldiers who had surrendered had been executed. Government media said that Islamists including the al-Khalifa Brigade had killed 123 people, the majority of them civilians.