| Maarrat al-Numan market bombing Maarrat al-Numan market massacre | |
| Partof: | Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war |
| Location: | Maarrat al-Numan, Idlib Governorate, Syria |
| Target: | public market, houses |
| Time: | 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. |
| Timezone: | local time |
| Type: | Airstrike |
| Fatalities: | 43 civilians |
| Injuries: | 109 |
| Victim: | --> |
| Perpetrators: | Russian Air Force |
| Susperp: | --> |
| Weapons: | Aerial bombs |
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| Motive: | unknown |
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The Maarrat al-Numan market bombing or Maarrat al-Numan market massacre was a war crime through an aerial bombardment of a marketplace and the surrounding houses in the Syrian opposition-held town of Ma'arrat al-Numan in the Idlib Governorate of Syria. It was perpetrated on 22 July 2019,[1] [2] [3] from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. local time, during the Syrian Civil War. The bombing killed 43 civilians, including three girls, and injured another 109 people. At least two four-storey residential buildings and 25 shops were destroyed. A nearby school, located some 700 meters from the market, was damaged.
Later analysis confirmed that the bombing was perpetrated by a fighter aircraft of the Russian Federation.[4] [5] The attack caused even more fatalities when a "double tap" strategy was used, in which a second wave of bombing hit the same target when rescue workers were on the site minutes later, killing them.[6] [7]
It was part of a wider Syrian military campaign against Idlib in 2019.
The United Nations Human Rights Council recorded the crime in its report published on 2 March 2020. It stated the following: