1986 Damascus bombings
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| Location | Damascus and nearby towns, Syria |
| Date | March-April 1986 (Local time) |
| Weapons | Car Bombs |
| Deaths | 204[1] |
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Suspected perpetrators
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Iraqi agents |
| Motive | Regime distabilization[2] |
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.[2]
Bombings[edit]
On 13 March 1986,[2] a bombing took place in Damascus that left 60 people dead.[1] A month later, 144 were killed by a series of bombings in five towns across Syria.[1]
Alleged perpetrators[edit]
The Syrian government blamed pro-Iraqi Ba'athist militants for the bombings.[1] The Muslim Brotherhood, which was crushed in the 1982 Hama massacre, was proposed[by whom?] as a possible perpetrator of the terrorist acts.[citation needed]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Middle East | Syrian car bomb attack kills 17". BBC News. 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- ^ a b c Seale, Patrick (1990). Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. p. 473. ISBN 0-520-06976-5. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
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