1981 Azbakiyah bombing

Terrorist incident in Damascus, Syria 1981 Azbakiyah bombingتفجير الأزبكية Syria Damascus 250 right Bombing location right 33.520078 36.299497 the Islamist uprising in Syria Damascus, Syria Intelligence agencies complex in al-Azbakiyah neighborhood 29 November 1981 Car bomb 64 Syrian civilians and military men 135 Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners The 1981 Azbakiyah bombing (ar تفجير الأزبكية) was a terrorist car bomb attack in the neighborhood of al-Azbakiyah, Damascus on 29 November 1981.Seale Patrick https://archive.org/details/asadofsyriastrug00seal/page/331 Asad of Syria: the struggle for the Middle East University of California Press 1990 978-0-520-06976-3 331 Patrick Seale registrationCrowell-Collier Educational Corporation Macmillan Educational Corporation 1983 Year Book Crowell-Collier Educational Corp. 1982 516 However, a group calling itself the Organisation for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners claimed responsibility for the bombing. It is believed to be the same group as the Israeli-backed Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners, which was responsible for a series of bombings in Lebanon, which killed 146 people.https://mobile.nytimes.com/1981/11/30/world/bomb-explosion-in-syria-kills-64-and-hurts-135-in-crowded-area.html BOMB EXPLOSION IN SYRIA KILLS 64 AND HURTS 135 IN CROWDED AREA The New York Times 30 November 1981 Associated Press 2018-04-13 en 2018-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20180414011126/https://mobile.nytimes.com/1981/11/30/world/bomb-explosion-in-syria-kills-64-and-hurts-135-in-crowded-area.html live References Syria Category:1981 murders in Syria Category:20th century in Damascus Category:20th-century mass murders in Syria Category:1981 building bombings Category:Building bombings in Damascus Category:Car and truck bombings in Syria Category:Car and truck bombings in the 1980s Category:Islamist uprising in Syria Category:1981 mass murders Category:Mass murders in Damascus Category:Attacks on government buildings and structures in Syria Category:November 1981 in Asia Category:State-sponsored terrorism Category:Terrorist incidents in Syria in 1981