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1986 Damascus bombings
Damascus-map
Damascus highlighted within Syria
Location Damascus and nearby towns, Syria
Date March–April 1986 (Local time)
Weapons Car Bombs
Deaths 204[1]
Suspected perpetrators
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[]

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[]

The Syrian government blamed the pro-Iraqi Ba'athist militants for the bombings.[1] The Muslim Brotherhood, which was crushed in the 1982 Hama massacre, was proposed as a possible perpetrator of the terrorist acts.

See also[]

List of modern conflicts in the Middle East

References[]

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