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1981 Azbakiyah bombing

1981 Azbakiyah bombing

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The 1981 Azbakiyah bombing (Arabic: تفجير الأزبكية) was a terrorist car bomb attack in the neighborhood of al-Azbakiyah, Damascus on 29 November 1981.[1][2] The attack was blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood which was waging an insurrection against the government of Hafez al-Assad at the time.[3]

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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.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Seale, Patrick (1990). Asad of Syria: the struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. p. 331. ISBN 978-0-520-06976-3.
  2. [2]
    Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation; Macmillan Educational Corporation (1982). 1983 Year Book. Crowell-Collier Educational Corp. p. 516.
  3. [3]
    "Wire Fences Hung in Damascus as Security Measure". Los Angeles Times. December 28, 1981.
  4. [4]
    "BOMB EXPLOSION IN SYRIA KILLS 64 AND HURTS 135 IN CROWDED AREA". The New York Times. Associated Press. 30 November 1981. Archived from the original on 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2018-04-13.


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