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Since 2004, Islamist terrorists engaged in a series of attacks in Damascus, Syria.
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History of terrorism
2004
- April 28: Three gunmen, a policeman, and one civilian were killed in an attack on the diplomatic quarter of Damascus, damaging a building formerly used by the UN.[1] Police blamed Islamists.[2]
2006
- June 2: Four gunmen and two security guards were killed when Syrian security forces foiled an attack by Islamist militants near the studios of Syrian National Television.[3][4]
- September 12: Three gunmen and a Syrian security guard were killed in a foiled attack on the U.S. embassy. Gunmen tossed grenades over the perimeter walls before opening fire with automatic weapons. A car bomb was detonated outside the embassy, although a truck bomb filled with pipe bombs and gas cylinders failed to explode.[5] Thirteen people were wounded, including two security guards and a Chinese diplomat.[6] Police also captured one gunman, although he later died of his wounds.[7] The Syrian government said the attack was planned in Saudi Arabia and the attackers had no links to al-Qaeda.[8]
2008
- September 27: Bombing in Damascus kills 17; Fatah al-Islam blamed.
2009
- December 3: A little more than year later another explosion killed at least three people when a bus blew up in Sayyidah Zaynab, a Damascus suburb popular with Iranian and other Shiite pilgrims and named after a shrine dedicated to the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad located there. Syrian officials denied Terrorism was involved, blaming the deaths on an exploding tire and banned reporters from the site.[9]
References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3664811.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3717783.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5040558.stm
- ^ http://www.mideastmonitor.org/issues/0609/0609_4.htm
- ^ http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,436601,00.html
- ^ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/13/content_687637.htm
- ^ Surviving Embassy Attacker Dies
- ^ Syria says assailants against U.S. embassy not related to foreign extremists
- ^ Damascus Bus Bomb: 'Up To 12' Killed In Syria Explosion, Albert Aji, 3 December 2009.
External links
Categories:- Damascus
- Terrorism in Syria
- Terrorist incidents in 2004
- Terrorist incidents in 2006
- 2004 in Syria
- 2006 in Syria
- Syria stubs
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