1986 Damascus bombings

Terrorist attacks in Syria 1986 Damascus bombings Damascus-map.png Damascus highlighted within Syria Damascus and nearby towns, Syria March–April 1986 Bombings 204 Car bombs Regime destabilizationPatrick Seale Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East https://archive.org/details/asadofsyriastrug00seal registration 11 January 1990 University of California Press 978-0-520-06976-3 473– 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.Terrorism: without special title https://books.google.com/books?id=J4baAAAAMAAJ 1979 Oceana Publications 121Gus Martin The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings https://books.google.com/books?id=9mhl__VpIFsC&pg=PA36 27 February 2004 SAGE 978-0-7619-8873-1 36– 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.Noam Chomsky Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World https://books.google.com/books?id=YTnvBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA257 23 March 2015 Haymarket Books 978-1-60846-442-5 257– 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.Europa Publications A Political Chronology of the Middle East https://books.google.com/books?id=eCSOT0_JAnwC&pg=PA219 2 September 2003 Routledge 978-1-135-35673-6 219– The BBC reported in 2008 that "pro-Iraqi militants" were "believed" to be responsible for both the March and April bombings.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7639137.stm Middle East | Syrian car bomb attack kills 17 BBC News 2008-09-27 2014-02-20 See also List of terrorist incidents in 1986 List of modern conflicts in the Middle East References External links Terrorism Comes to Damascus: Syria Faces its Own Islamist Threat Syria Category:1986 murders in Syria 1986 bombings Category:20th-century mass murders in Syria Category:1986 crimes Category:April 1986 Category:April 1986 in Asia Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1986 1986 bombings Category:Car and truck bombings in Syria Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 1986 1986 Category:March 1986 Category:March 1986 in Asia Category:1986 mass murders 1986 bombings Category:Terrorist incidents in Syria in 1986 Category:Car and truck bombings in the 1980s Category:Bus bombings in Asia Category:Bridge bombings