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{{Infobox civilian attack
{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = 1986 Damascus bombings
| partof = the [[Islamist uprising in Syria]]
| image = Damascus-map.png
| title = 1986 Damascus bombings
| image = Damascus-map.png
| caption = Damascus highlighted within Syria
| location = [[Damascus]] and nearby towns, [[Syria]]
| caption = Damascus highlighted within Syria
| location = [[Damascus]] and nearby towns, [[Syria]]
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| date = March-April 1986
| date = March–April 1986
| time =
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| timezone = Local time
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| type =
| type = Bombings
| fatalities = 204<ref name=bbc37/>
| fatalities = 204<ref name=bbc37/>
| injuries =
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| susperps = Iraqi agents
| weapons = [[Car bomb]]s
| motive = Regime destabilization<ref name="Seale1990">{{cite book|author=Patrick Seale|title=Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East|url=https://archive.org/details/asadofsyriastrug00seal|url-access=registration|date=11 January 1990|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-06976-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/asadofsyriastrug00seal/page/473 473]–}}</ref>
| susperp =
}}{{Campaignbox Islamist uprising in Syria}}
| weapons = [[Car Bomb]]s
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The '''1986 Damascus bombings''' were a series of [[terrorism in Syria|terrorist]] attacks perpetrated in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] in 1986. They were the deadliest acts of terrorism against [[civilian]]s 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]].
| motive = Regime distabilization<ref name=seale473/>
}}

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The '''1986 Damascus bombings''' were a series of terrorist acts, performed in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] in 1986, considered to be the deadliest terrorism act against civilians since the quelling of the [[Islamist uprising in Syria]] in 1982. The bombings appeared to be aimed at destabilizing the Syrian government.<ref name=seale473/>


==Bombings==
==Bombings==
On 13 March 1986, a [[truck bomb]] detonated under a bridge in a Damascus suburb, killing 60 people and injuring 100 more.<ref>{{cite book|title=Terrorism: without special title|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4baAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Oceana Publications|page=121}}</ref><ref name=bbc37/><ref name="Martin2004">{{cite book|author=Gus Martin|title=The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mhl__VpIFsC&pg=PA36|date=27 February 2004|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-0-7619-8873-1|pages=36–}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Chomsky2015">{{cite book|author=Noam Chomsky|title=Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YTnvBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA257|date=23 March 2015|publisher=Haymarket Books|isbn=978-1-60846-442-5|pages=257–}}</ref><ref name=bbc37/>
On 13 March 1986,<ref name=seale473>{{cite web|url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=6D9EiJKRTHcC |page=473 }} |title=Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East |first=Patrick |last=Seale |location= |publisher=University of California Press |year=1990 |isbn=0-520-06976-5 |page=473 |accessdate=2014-02-20 }}</ref> a bombing took place in Damascus that left 60 people dead.<ref name=bbc37/>
A month later, 144 were killed by a series of bombings in five towns across Syria.<ref name=bbc37/>


==Alleged perpetrators==
==Alleged perpetrators==
The Syrian government blamed pro-Iraqi [[Ba%27ath_Party_(Iraqi-dominated_faction)#Syria|Ba'athist]] militants for the bombings.<ref name=bbc37>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7639137.stm |title=Middle East &#124; Syrian car bomb attack kills 17 |publisher=BBC News |date=2008-09-27 |accessdate=2014-02-20}}</ref> The [[Muslim Brotherhood]], which was crushed in the 1982 [[Hama massacre]], was proposed as a possible perpetrator of the terrorist acts.
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.<ref name="Publications2003">{{cite book|author=Europa Publications|title=A Political Chronology of the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCSOT0_JAnwC&pg=PA219|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-35673-6|pages=219–}}</ref> The [[BBC]] reported in 2008 that "pro-Iraqi militants" were "believed" to be responsible for both the March and April bombings.<ref name=bbc37>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7639137.stm |title=Middle East &#124; Syrian car bomb attack kills 17 |work=BBC News |date=2008-09-27 |access-date=2014-02-20}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
[[List of terrorist incidents, 1986]]
*[[List of terrorist incidents in 1986]]
[[List of modern conflicts in the Middle East]]
*[[List of modern conflicts in the Middle East]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:13, 13 April 2024

1986 Damascus bombings
Part of the Islamist uprising in Syria
Damascus highlighted within Syria
LocationDamascus and nearby towns, Syria
DateMarch–April 1986
Attack type
Bombings
WeaponsCar bombs
Deaths204[1]
MotiveRegime destabilization[2]

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

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On 13 March 1986, a truck bomb detonated under a bridge in a Damascus suburb, killing 60 people and injuring 100 more.[3][1][4] 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.[5][1]

Alleged perpetrators

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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.[6] The BBC reported in 2008 that "pro-Iraqi militants" were "believed" to be responsible for both the March and April bombings.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Middle East | Syrian car bomb attack kills 17". BBC News. 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  2. ^ Patrick Seale (11 January 1990). Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. pp. 473–. ISBN 978-0-520-06976-3.
  3. ^ Terrorism: without special title. Oceana Publications. 1979. p. 121.
  4. ^ Gus Martin (27 February 2004). The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings. SAGE. pp. 36–. ISBN 978-0-7619-8873-1.
  5. ^ Noam Chomsky (23 March 2015). Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World. Haymarket Books. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-1-60846-442-5.
  6. ^ Europa Publications (2 September 2003). A Political Chronology of the Middle East. Routledge. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-1-135-35673-6.
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