Qah missile strike
| Qah missile strike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war | |
| Location | Qah, Idlib Governorate, Syria |
| Coordinates | 36°08′N 36°49′E / 36.133°N 36.817°E / 36.133; 36.817 |
| Date | 20 November 2019 ~7:30 PM (local time) |
| Target | Qah refugee camp |
Attack type | missile strike |
| Weapons | Cluster munitions |
| Deaths | 15 |
| Injured | 40 |
| Perpetrators | Syrian Arab Army Iranian militias in Syria |
| Motive | unknown |
The Qah missile strike, known by the Syrian opposition and some Arab media sources as the Qah massacre was a missile attack that took place on 20 November 2019. A surface-to-surface missile carrying cluster munitions launched by the Syrian Arab Army along with Iranian militias from defense laboratories south of Aleppo targeted a displaced persons camp in the village of Qah near the Syria-Turkey border. Fifteen civilians were killed, including six children.
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