March 2017 Damascus bombings
Three suicide bombings in the Syrian capital
2017 Damascus bombings | |
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Part of the Syrian Civil War | |
Damascus highlighted within Syria | |
Location | Damascus, Syria |
Date | March 11, 2017 (first attack) March 15, 2017 (second and third attack) |
Deaths | 74 (first attack) 40 (second and third attack) Total: 114 |
Injured | 120 (first attack) 30+ (second and third attack) Total: 150+ |
Perpetrator | Tahrir al-Sham (first attack)[citation needed] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (second and third attack)[citation needed] |
In March 2017, three attacks occurred in the city of Damascus, Syria. The first happened on the March 11, when a double bomb suicide attack in the Old City of Damascus on Saturday killed dozens of people - mostly Iraqi Shia pilgrims - and wounded more than 100.[1] The second and the third happened on the March 15, when two suicide bombers detonated their explosive vests in the capital's main judicial building and in a restaurant.[2]
Perpetrators
Tahrir al-Sham claimed responsibility for the first attack[citation needed] and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed the second and the third.[citation needed]
See also
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Terrorist attacks in Syria
- Menarsha synagogue attack (1949)
- Aleppo Artillery School (1979)
- President assassination attempt (1980)
- 1981 Azbakiyah bombing
- 1986 Damascus bombings ‡
- Damascus diplomatic quarter (2004)
- Syrian National TV (June 2006)
- US embassy (September 2006)
- Damascus car bombing (2008)
- Sayyidah Zeinab (2009)
- 2011 Damascus bombings
- Aleppo (February 2012)
- Aleppo (March 2012)
- Damascus (March 2012)
- Damascus (April 2012)
- Idlib (April 2012)
- Damascus (May 2012)
- Deir ez-Zor (May 2012)
- Damascus (July 2012)
- Aleppo (September 2012)
- Aleppo (October 2012)
- Aqrab (December 2012}
- Aleppo University (2013)
- Damascus (February 2013)
- Maan (February 2014)
- Homs (October 2014)
- Tell Tamer (December 2015)
- Homs (December 2015)
- Qamishli (December 2015)
- Sayyidah Zaynab (January and February 2016)
- Homs (February 2016)
- Jableh and Tartus (May 2016)
- Qamishli (July 2016)
- Atmeh (August 2016)
- (September 2016)
- Azaz (January 2017)
- Damascus (March 2017)
- Aleppo (April 2017)
- As-Suwayda (July 2018)
- (June 2019)
- (November 2019)
‡ indicates the terrorist attack which caused the greatest number of casualties
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