September 2016 Urum al-Kubra aid convoy attack
| Part of the Syrian Civil War | |
| Date | 19 September 2016 |
|---|---|
| Time | Began sometime between 7:12 - 7:50 p.m. or at around 8 p.m. |
| Location | Urum al-Kubra, Aleppo Governorate, Syria |
| Coordinates | 36°09′06″N 36°58′04″E / 36.151583°N 36.967750°E / 36.151583; 36.967750 |
| Participants | Syrian government (per UN) |
| Deaths | 14 |
| Property damage | 17 food-aid trucks destroyed |
A United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy unloading at a warehouse along Highway 60 in the rebel-held city of Urum al-Kubra, approximately 15 kilometers (9 mi) west of the city of Aleppo in the Aleppo Governorate of Syria, was destroyed during a late night attack on 19 September 2016, during the Syrian Civil War. The UN accused the Syrian government of a carrying out the attack in a "meticulously planned and ruthlessly carried out" air strike, first dropping barrel bombs, then rocketing the convoy, and finally strafing survivors with machine gun fire. In all, fourteen aid workers were killed in the strike.
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