2020 Kafr Takharim airstrike

When

2020

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

36.12° N, 36.52° E

Description

airstrike during the Syrian civil war

Date from

year in its name

Placed at the town its title names, Kafr Takharim.

Airstrike during the Syrian civil war

The 2020 Kafr Takharim airstrike occurred on 26 October 2020 when the Russian Air Force targeted a training camp run by Faylaq al-Sham, an Islamist Syrian rebel group backed by Turkey, near the town of Kafr Takharim, around 10 kilometers from the Turkish border. At the time of the attack, there were over 180 rebels in the camp. At least 78 people were killed and over 100 were wounded.

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