| Hass refugee camp bombing Hass compound airstrike | |
|---|---|
| Part ofRussian intervention in the Syrian civil war | |
Location of Hass in Syria | |
| Location | 35°37′N36°35′E / 35.617°N 36.583°E /35.617; 36.583 Hass,Idlib Governorate,Syria |
| Date | 16 August 2019; 6 years ago (2019-08-16) 7:25 p.m.[1] (local time) |
| Target | Refugee camp |
Attack type | Airstrike |
| Weapons | Aerial bombs |
| Deaths | 20civilians |
| Injured | 52 |
| Perpetrators |  Russian Air Force |
| Motive | unknown |
TheHass refugee camp bombing was anaerial bombardment of arefugee camp in theSyrian opposition-held town ofHass in theIdlib Governorate ofSyria, which has been deemed awar crime byHuman Rights Watch. It was perpetrated on 16 August 2019, at 7:25 p.m. local time, during theSyrian civil war. The bombing killed 20civilians, including a pregnant woman, and injured another 52 people.[2]
The refugee camp was located outside the town, eight miles from the nearest front line, and there were no military targets nearby. Later analysis confirmed that the bombing was perpetrated by abomber jet of theRussian Federation.[3] Two RussianSukhoi Su-24 war planes departed theKhmeimim Air Base on that day, at 7:02 p.m., and were then circling the area. No Syrian war planes were recorded over the area at the time of the bombardment.[1] The two bombs dropped on the refugee camp were identified asOFAB-100-120 andKAB-500.[4] The blast collapsed a row of buildings around the courtyard of the camp.[3]
It was part of awider Syrian military campaign against Idlib in 2019.Human Rights Watch released a statement saying that "underinternational law, deliberate or reckless attacks against civilians and civilian objects committed with criminal intent are war crimes".[5]
France condemned theairstrike on the refugee camp and called for the cessation of hostilities.[6]
TheUnited Nations Human Rights Council recorded the crime in its report published on 2 March 2020. It stated the following:
...the Commission concluded that a Russian aircraft participated in each incident as described above, and that each of the incidents theRussian Air Force did not direct the attacks at a specificmilitary objective, amounting to thewar crime of launching indiscriminate attacks incivilian areas.[4]
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