2015 Beirut bombings

Suicide bombings in Beirut, Lebanon 2015 Beirut bombings the Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon Bourj el-Barajneh entrance - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg Bourj el-Barajneh entrance in the Palestinian refugee camp Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon 200 33.8435 35.4987 Beirut center 12 November 2015 Shia civilians Suicide attacks 46 (Including 3 perpetrators) 200–240 ISIS On 12 November 2015, two suicide bombers attacked Bourj el-Barajneh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, that is inhabited mostly by Shia Muslims.Barnard Anne Anne Barnard Saad Hwaida Hwaida Saad ISIS Claims Responsibility for Blasts That Killed Dozens in Beirut https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/world/middleeast/lebanon-explosions-southern-beirut-hezbollah.html?_r=0 12 November 2015 The New York Times 12 November 2015 Reports of the number of fatalities concluded that 43 people died directly from the detonation.ISIS claims responsibility for Beirut southern suburb attack https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Nov-12/322821-isis-claims-responsibility-for-beirut-southern-suburb-attack-statement.ashx Lebanon The Daily Star 13 November 2015 13 November 2015 7 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190407172206/http://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Lebanon-News/2015/Nov-12/322821-isis-claims-responsibility-for-beirut-southern-suburb-attack-statement.ashx deadDay of mourning in Lebanon after deadly Beirut bombings http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/isil-claims-suicide-bombings-southern-beirut-151112193802793.html 15 November 2015 Al Jazeera 13 November 2015 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks. The bombings were the worst terrorist attack in Beirut since the end of the Lebanese Civil War. They came twelve days after the bombing of a Russian airliner over the Sinai Peninsula that killed 224 people and a day before attacks in Paris that killed 137."Why the Paris attacks overshadowed Beirut bombings", by Caitlin Dickson, Yahoo! News ISIL claimed responsibility for these attacks as well. Around 48 hours after the attack, Internal Security Forces arrested eleven people, mostly Syrians, over the attack. It later announced the arrest of two other Syrian and Lebanese suspects. They were arrested in a Palestinian refugee camp located in Burj al-Barajneh and a flat in the capital's eastern district of Achrafieh, which had allegedly been used to prepare the explosive belts. The initial plan was apparently to send five suicide bombers to a hospital in the neighbourhood, but heavy security forced them to change the target to a densely populated area."Beirut bombing: Lebanese authorities arrest 11 people, mostly Syrians, over twin bombings", from ABC News Background Syrian Civil War Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Since 2011 the neighbouring country of Syria had been in a state of civil war. Shortly after its commencement, Lebanese groups separated along similar lines to those in Syria, including participating in the war (such as Hezbollah involvement in Syria), as well as defending Lebanon from within the country. Lebanon also faced a political vacuum due to a continual failure to elect a new president (which is a requisite for a parliamentary election) since April 2014. Bombings Two suicide bombings occurred in a commercial district of the Bourj el-Barajneh suburb of Southern Beirut, near the General Security Post in Hussaineya street, an apparent known stronghold of the Shia Hezbollah, according to al-Manar television,Naylor Hugh Islamic State says it carried out Beirut suicide bombings that killed dozens https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/dozens-may-be-dead-in-twin-suicide-bombings-in-lebanese-capital/2015/11/12/d897528c-8968-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f_story.html 15 November 2015 The Washington Post 12 November 2015 The first bombing occurred outside a Shia mosque, while the second took place inside a nearby bakery before 18:00.December 2020 The second blast occurred about 20 metres away and five to seven minutes after the first one as passers-by tried to help the injured of the initial blast.August 2021 A potential third attacker was killed before exploding his vest. He was found dead with his legs torn off but still wearing an explosives belt, according to an unnamed Lebanese security official.December 2020 An unnamed government employee deduced that he was killed by the second explosion due to his proximity to that blast. Al Mayadeen also reported about the would-be bomber and showed a video of a bearded young man with an explosives belt. Hezbollah's Bilal Farhat said: "They targeted civilians, worshippers, unarmed people, women and elderly, they only targeted innocent people ... [it was a] satanic, terrorist attack." Lebanese security forces and Hezbollah gunmen cordoned off the area.http://www.firstpost.com/world/41-killed-200-wounded-in-beirut-twin-blasts-is-claims-responsibility-2504508.html 43 killed, 239 wounded in Beirut twin blasts; Islamic State claims responsibility First Post 13 November 2015 13 November 2015 The Health Ministry reported at least 43 deaths initially, with Health Minister Wael Abu Faour adding that 239 people were injured,Shareen Kareem Isis claims responsibility as suicide bombers kill dozens in Beirut https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/12/beirut-bombings-kill-at-least-20-lebanon 15 November 2015 The Guardian 13 November 2015 but that the total casualty count was expected to rise due to some of the wounded people being in critical condition. Lebanon's International Red Cross and Red Crescent Society affiliate said that over 200 people were injured.December 2020 Hospitals in the area called for people to donate blood due to an unprecedented number of casualties. Emergency services personnel asked by-standers to leave the area as they were hindering ambulances from ferrying the injured to medical institutions.December 2020 Victims Amongst the initial casualties were two staff members of the American University of Beirut, according to the school, although no further details were announced. Three Lebanese-American residents of Dearborn, Michigan—a 49-year-old woman and a young couple—were killed, while the couple's three-year-old son was severely injured.3 Dearborn victims of Lebanon terror attacks mourned, Detroit News, November 14, 2015 Hajj Hussein Yaari (Abu Murdata), a senior figure in the Hezbollah security system, was reportedly killed in the attack.Yashar Ari ISIS bombing takes out senior Hezbollah leader http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/203337#.VkXRWXarTGg 13 November 2015 Arutz Sheva 13 November 2015 It was reported that one of the bombs exploded when Adel Termos, a resident of Beirut, tackled one of the bombers, thereby potentially saving many lives. Both Termos and the bomber were killed when the bomb detonated. On social media, Termos was hailed as a hero."A father's split-second heroism saved countless lives in another terror attack, in Beirut", by Joyce Hackel, PRI.orghttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-fearless-father-who-threw-himself-on-a-suicide-bomber-saving-hundreds-of-lives-in-beirut/ar-BBn4Fp2?li=BBgzzfc&ocid=mailsignout The fearless father who threw himself on a suicide bomber, saving 'hundreds' of lives in Beirut MSN 2015-11-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117183829/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-fearless-father-who-threw-himself-on-a-suicide-bomber-saving-hundreds-of-lives-in-beirut/ar-BBn4Fp2?li=BBgzzfc&ocid=mailsignout 2015-11-17 dead Investigation Within two days, six suspects were arrested over the bombing. They reportedly included five Syrians and a Palestinian.December 2020 Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanon's Hezbollah leader, said Syrian and Lebanese detainees were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the bombings.Bassam Leila Lebanon arrests five Syrians, one Palestinian suspect in Beirut bombings: security source https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-lebanon-idUSKCN0T314120151114 15 November 2015 Thomson Reuters 14 November 2015 A man was arrested who claimed he planned to blow himself up in a café in the Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood of Tripoli, simultaneously with the other bombers, one of whom he named as Abou Khaled of Palestine, who had travelled with him to Lebanon from Syria. Investigations also drew connections between these bombings and one in Arsal which killed four people on November 5."Report: Possible Link between Tripoli Detainee and Bourj Barajneh Suicide Bombers", by Naharnet. Perpetrator ISIL had reportedly assumed responsibility for the blasts, saying two Palestinians and a Syrian had carried out the attacks.claims-twin-bombs Islamic State claims twin bombs in Beirut, economist.com. In a post from an unspecified Twitter account, the group said that they perpetrated one of the attacks, noting that its agents blew up a bike with explosives in the middle of a street.December 2020 While not mentioning the third bomber, the group's claim, as translated, reportedly read in part: "Let the Shiite apostates know that we will not rest until we take revenge in the name of the Prophet." An internet statement on an unspecified site reportedly further stated the "soldiers of the Caliphate" perpetrated the attack.http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/11/13/10/02/blasts-kill-41-in-beirut-hezbollah-bastion#SDeH095Ebl3JUCG5.99 Twin 'IS' blasts kill 41 in Beirut 9 News 13 November 2015 On November 26, Al-Manar reported that a team of Syrian and Hezbollah agents had killed Abdul-Salam Hendawi, suspected of smuggling the two bombers into Lebanon from Raqqa, during an assault in Homs Governorate. It did not report when this took place."Beirut bombings suspect 'killed' in Syria", from Al-Jazeera Reactions Domestic Acting President and Prime Minister Tammam Salam declared a day of national mourning for 13 November.December 2020 He said the bombings were "unjustifiable," and called for government unity against "plans to create strife" in the country. Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk echoed the condemnation and added "we will not be lenient in apprehending those behind these attacks."At least 37 dead, 181 injured in twin suicide blasts in Beirut suburb Al Bawaba https://www.albawaba.com/news/twin-suicide-blasts-southern-beirut-suburb-kill-least-eight-767662 2025-11-05 www.albawaba.com en Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc's Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah's assistant, Hussein Khalil, said: "What happened here is a crime...this battle against terrorists will continue and it is a long war between us."2015-11-12 Dozens killed, more than 180 injured in Beirut suicide blasts https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-13/at-least-four-killed-in-southern-beirut-suburb-explosions/6937360 2025-11-05 ABC News en-AU Nasrallah himself later said that such incidents only increase "our determination to fight" in the Syrian Civil War and that the goal of the attack "is to put pressure on Hezbollah [to withdraw from Syria], but they know very well these bombings will not benefit them at all. This will have the opposite effect."December 2020 International Supranational bodies Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon called on Lebanon to "not allow this despicable act to destroy the relative calm that has prevailed in the country over the past year." UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag denounced the "heinous attack," called for those responsible to be brought to justice and said the international community was standing by Lebanon. States Government officials for several states issued condemnations of the attacks and condolences to those affected. These included the Czech Republic,Czech MFA on Twitter https://twitter.com/CzechMFA/status/665092708168507392 13 November 2015 Twitter 12 November 2015 France,Frost Laurence France condemns attack on Lebanese Hezbollah bastion https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-hezbollah-france-idUSKCN0T12FK20151112 13 November 2015 Reuters 12 November 2015 Iran, Italy,Italy condemns deadly attack in Beirut http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2471422&language=en 13 November 2015 Kuwait News Agency 13 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117064857/http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2471422&language=en 17 November 2015 dead Jordan,Lower House condemns Beirut bombings http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2015/Nov/13/5000.htm 13 November 2015 Petra News Agency 13 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023040/http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2015/Nov/13/5000.htm 2015-11-17 dead Kuwait,Kuwait foreign ministry strongly condemns Beirut's terrorist blasts. http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2471383&language=en 13 November 2015 Kuwait News Agency 13 November 2015 Pakistan,Condemnation of Beirut Bomb Blasts http://www.mofa.gov.pk/pr-details.php?mm=MzI0Nw,, 13 November 2015 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan) 13 November 2015 20 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151120204530/http://www.mofa.gov.pk/pr-details.php?mm=MzI0Nw,, dead Qatar,Qatar strongly condemns Beirut bombings http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/qatar/358719/qatar-strongly-condemns-beirut-bombings 13 November 2015 The Peninsula 13 November 2015 16 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151116013336/http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/qatar/358719/qatar-strongly-condemns-beirut-bombings dead and the United States.August 2021 Others Amnesty International issues a censure saying that the attack revealed "appalling disregard for human life."August 2021 See also List of terrorist incidents, 2015 References 30em Bombings, 2015 Category:2015 murders in Lebanon Category:Building bombings in Beirut Category:Suicide bombings in 2015 Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Asia Category:Islamic terrorism in Lebanon Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in 2015 Category:2015 mass murders 2015 Category:November 2015 crimes in Asia Category:November 2015 in Lebanon Category:Suicide bombings in Beirut Category:Terrorist incidents in Lebanon during the Syrian civil war Category:Terrorist incidents in Lebanon in 2015 Category:Violence against Shia Muslims in Lebanon Category:2015 building bombings Category:21st-century mass murders in Lebanon Category:Attacks on bakeries Category:Mosque bombings in Asia Category:Mosque bombings by Islamists Category:Attacks on Shia mosques Category:Attacks on mosques in the 2010s Category:Terrorist incidents against Muslims in 2015 Category:Terrorist incidents against Shia Muslims in the 2010s