Aleppo "Playground Napalm Massacre"

August 29, just as a BBC News crew arrived in Oram al-Kubra, Aleppo province, the Syrian air force allegedly dropped an incendiary bomb on a school, which was both in session and hosting a crowd of all ages. Students, babies, and men and at least a woman suffered horrible burns, and a reported ten children and five adults died. The BBC captured dramatic and upsetting footage of the aftermath as 30 victims were treated at a rebel-run field hospital. Some were taken to Turkey for intensive care, but some died en route. The agent, and all relevant details, remain unclear.

As the BBC's Ian Pannel later wrote "It is hard to imagine or to describe the horrors of what the pilot did." It's at least as difficult to explain how we can be sure it was a pilot at all. Witnesses who felt like speaking at the rebel clinic blamed a government fighter jet for the attack. Sure that will suffice for many, but others have higher standards. The details will be examined, to some extent, on the discussion page.