Editing Trebuchet (section)

===Uses in activism and insurgency===
In 2013, during the [[Syrian civil war]], rebels were filmed using a trebuchet in the [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–2013)|Battle of Aleppo]].<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmKCWjh-FZM| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615041507/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmKCWjh-FZM| archive-date=2014-06-15 | url-status=dead|title=YouTube}}</ref> The trebuchet was used to project explosives at government troops.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qYdCHtJIho| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/7qYdCHtJIho| archive-date=2021-11-07 | url-status=live|title=Syrian opposition use medieval 'trebuchet' to launch bombs |date=22 February 2013|publisher=Truthloader|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2014, during the [[2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots|Hrushevskoho street riots]] in Ukraine, rioters used an improvised trebuchet to throw bricks and [[Molotov cocktails]] at the [[Berkut (special police force)|Berkut]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/ukrainian-protesters-built-a-giant-catapult-to-fight-the-rio|title=Ukrainian Protesters Built A Giant Catapult To Fight The Riot Police|publisher=[[BuzzFeed]]|date=20 January 2014|access-date=20 January 2014}}</ref>