1981 Azbakiyah bombing
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| 1981 Azbakiyah bombing تفجير الأزبكية |
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| Part of Islamist uprising in Syria | |
 Bombing location
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| Location |  Syria Damascus, Syria |
| Date | 29 November 1981 |
| Target | Intelligence agencies complex in al-Azbakiyah neighborhood |
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Attack type
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Car bomb |
| Deaths | 200+ Syrian civilians and military men |
| Perpetrators | Syrian Muslim Brotherhood |
The 1981 Azbakiyah bombing (Arabic: تفجير الأزبكية) was a terrorist car bomb attack that rocked the densely populated al-Azbakiyah neighborhood of central Damascus in Syria on 29 November 1981. The explosion, which took place in front of a school in Baghdad Street, close to a complex of intelligence agencies,[1] destroyed three five-story apartment buildings, and killed more than 200 civilians and military men.[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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