Incident Summary:

06/10/2020: Assailants physically assaulted journalists in Arihah, Idlib, Syria. An unknown number of journalists were injured in the attack. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham claimed responsibility and apologized for the incident. Sources noted that the journalists regularly gathered in the spot where they were attacked to observe fighters.

GTD ID:
202006100009

When:
2020-06-10

Country:
Syria

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Idlib

City:
Arihah

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Unarmed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Journalists & Media
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description Multiple Journalists
Nationality of Target Syria
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Melee Unknown Weapon Type
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Personal claim)
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured Unknown
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Terrorism Digest: 10-11 Jun 20," BBC Monitoring, June 11, 2020.
"Syrian militants attack journalists covering Russian-Turkish patrol," ZamanAlWsl.net, June 10, 2020.