Who attacked the aid convoy in Syria on September 19, 2016?

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The Russian Air Force carried out the attack.
The Russian Air Force carried out the attack.
The Russian and Syrian air forces carried out the attack jointly.
The Syrian Air Force carried out the attack.
Opposition ground forces carried out the attack.
The US Air Force carried out the attack.

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On September 19, 2016 at around 7 PM local time, a UN aid convoy carrying vital supplies for tens of thousands of Syrian civilians in a besieged area south-west of Aleppo was attacked as it was being unloaded at a Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) warehouse in Urum al-Kubra. 18 civilians were killed, 18 of the 31 trucks were completely destroyed, and neighboring buildings, including the warehouse and a clinic, were damaged in the three-hour attack. Following the attack, Russia and the United States blamed one another. Russia offered a number of claims, some contradictory. The UN and Human Rights Watch both called for an investigation and raised the possibility that this was a deliberate attack on civilians, and thus a war crime. The attacks highlighted the collapse of a fragile week-long cease-fire that had been supported by Russia and the US.

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The Russian Air Force carried out the attack.
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The Russian and Syrian air forces carried out the attack jointly.
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The Syrian Air Force carried out the attack.
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Opposition ground forces carried out the attack.
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The US Air Force carried out the attack.
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