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1986 Damascus bombings

Terrorist attacks in Syria

Field	Value
title	1986 Damascus bombings
image	Damascus-map.png
caption	Damascus highlighted within Syria
location	Damascus and nearby towns, Syria
date	March–April 1986
type	Bombings
fatalities	204
weapons	Car bombs
motive	Regime destabilization

The 1986 Damascus bombings were a series of terrorist attacks perpetrated in Damascus, Syria in 1986. They were the deadliest acts of terrorism against civilians since the quelling of the Islamist uprising in Syria in 1982. The bombings appeared to be aimed at destabilizing the Syrian government under Hafez al-Assad with links being between the suspected perpetrators and Iraq.

Bombings

On 13 March 1986, a truck bomb detonated under a bridge in a Damascus suburb, killing 60 people and injuring 100 more. A month later, 144 were killed by a series of bombings in five towns and cities across Syria, including Damascus, with buses being a prime target.

Alleged perpetrators

Immediately after the March bombing, the Syrian government placed the blame on Iraq, citing their desire to destabilize the regime. After the April 1986 bombings claimed the lives of an additional 144 people, a previously unknown group with pro-Iraq sympathies calling themselves the 17 October Group for the Liberation of the Syrian People, claimed responsibility. The BBC reported in 2008 that "pro-Iraqi militants" were "believed" to be responsible for both the March and April bombings.

References

Patrick Seale. (11 January 1990). "Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East". University of California Press.
(1979). "Terrorism: without special title". Oceana Publications.
Gus Martin. (27 February 2004). "The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings". SAGE.
Noam Chomsky. (23 March 2015). "Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World". Haymarket Books.
Europa Publications. (2 September 2003). "A Political Chronology of the Middle East". Routledge.
(2008-09-27). "Middle East | Syrian car bomb attack kills 17". BBC News.

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