Kfar Daʽel Explained

Official Name:Kfar Dael
Native Name:كفر داعل
Native Lang:ara
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Aleppo
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Mount Simeon
Subdivision Type3:Nahiyah
Subdivision Name3:Aleppo
Unit Pref:Metric
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:36.2167°N 37.0208°W

Kfar Dael (Arabic: كفر داعل, also spelled Kafr Dail or Kfar Deil) is a district of Aleppo city in northern Syria, located northwest of the neighbouring Al-Rashidin District of Aleppo, which is a part of the Mount Simeon District in the Aleppo Governorate.

The village is located 12km (07miles) west of the center of Aleppo, right north of the Afrin - Aleppo Road.[1]

The Khan al-Asal chemical attack

See main article: Khan al-Assal chemical attack. In a letter dated 19 March 2013 the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic at the U.N. informed of its allegation that at 07:30 on 19 March terrorist groups fired a rocket from the Kfar De'il area towards Khan al-Asal.[2] The U.N was not able to collect primary evidence relating to the munition or type of munition and/or delivery system. A February 2014 UN report confirmed the use of sarin that bore the "same unique hallmarks" as the sarin used in the 2013 Ghouta attacks, and that the perpetrators likely had access to the Syrian military's chemical weapons stockpile.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: United Nations Mission on Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic. 6 February 2014. United Nations.
  2. News: Letter from the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations . 8 February 2014 . United Nations . 19 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214081227/http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S%2F2013%2F172 . 14 December 2013 .
  3. U.N report A-HRC-25-65 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session25/Documents/A-HRC-25-65_en.doc Reuters, 5 March 2014https://www.reuters.com/article/syria-crisis-chemical-idUSL6N0M21TT20140305