Aleppo bombings (April–May 2016)

Aleppo bombings (April–May 2016)
Part of the Battle of Aleppo (2012-present)
Aleppo Location of Aleppo within Syria
Location	Aleppo, Syria
Coordinates	36°13′N 37°10′E
Date	22 April – 5 May 2016 ()
Target	Civilians
Attack type	Airstrikes and bombardments
Weapons	Aerial bombs, rockets, and artillery
Deaths	156 killed by government airstrikes and shelling 129 killed by rebel bombardment
Perpetrators	Syrian Air Force Russian Air Force Al-Nusra Front

The Aleppo bombings (April–May 2016) were intense bombardments on both rebel and government-held areas in the city of Aleppo, Syria starting in late April 2016.

The attacks

Al-Quds Hospital

On early 28 April 2016, the Médecins Sans Frontières and ICRC-supported al-Quds hospital in opposition-controlled Aleppo was hit by 4 consecutive airstrikes, destroying the building and killing between 14 and more than 50 people, including two doctors, one of which is a paediatrician, and 3 children. The US State Department indicated that the Syrian government is responsible for the attack.

Malla Khan mosque

On 29 April, the Malla Khan mosque in a government-controlled neighborhood was hit by rockets, killing at least 15 people. The Syrian government reported that the Syrian rebels are behind the attack.

Al-Dabit hospital

On 3 May the Syrian rebels fired rockets at government territory and killed 19 people. The rockets hit a hospital and killed 3 and wounded 17, according to government sources.

Reactions

• United Nations - The UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura condemned the attack on the al-Quds Hospital and believes that it was a deliberate war crime. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also condemned the "monstrous disregard for civilian lives by all parties to the conflict."
• France - The French government "utterly condemn the bombing targeted against Al Quds Hospital in Aleppo" and called for a meeting of the International Syria Support Group.
• Qatar - The Qatari envoy to the Arab League has called for a league meeting to discuss the "dangerous escalation seen in Aleppo were civilians are subjected to massacres at the hands of the forces of the Syrian regime, which led to the deaths and injuries of hundreds."
• United States - The US State Department was "outraged by yesterday’s airstrikes in Aleppo on the al-Quds hospital supported by both Doctors Without Borders and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which killed dozens of people, including children, patients, and medical personnel."