1986 Damascus bombings

1986 Damascus bombings
1986 Damascus bombings
Part of the Islamist uprising in Syria
	Damascus highlighted within Syria
Location	Damascus and nearby towns, Syria
Date	March–April 1986
Attack type	Bombings
Weapons	Car bombs
Deaths	204
Motive	Regime destabilization

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.

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^ Patrick Seale (11 January 1990). Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. pp. 473–. ISBN 978-0-520-06976-3.

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[Seale1990-2] Patrick Seale (11 January 1990). Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. pp. 473–. ISBN 978-0-520-06976-3.

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