January 2017 Azaz bombing

{{Short description|Suicide attack during the Syrian civil war}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = January 2017 Azaz bombing

| partof = the Syrian civil war

| image = Azaz Syria during the Syrian Civil War Missing front of House.jpg

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| caption = Azaz, Syria during the Syrian civil war

| map = {{Location map| Syria

| width = 300

| float = right

| label = Azaz

| marksize = 8

| lat_deg = 36 | lat_min = 35

| lon_deg = 37 | lon_min = 2

}}

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| location = Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria

| target =

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| date = {{Start date and age|2017|01|07|df=yes}}

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| type = Car bombing

| fatalities = 60+

| injuries = 50

| perpetrators = {{flag|ISIS}}

| assailants =

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| weapons = Car bomb

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| motive = Terrorism (suspected)

}}

{{Campaignbox Syrian uprising}}

The January 2017 Azaz bombing occurred on 7 January 2017 when a car bomb exploded in front of a courthouse and near a market in the rebel-held city of Azaz, Syria, killing at least 60 people, mostly civilians, and wounding around 50 others.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38542142|title=Syria conflict: Bomb kills dozens in Azaz on Turkish border|work=BBC News |date=7 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017}} The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was suspected and blamed for the attack.{{Cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/01/07/Car-bomb-kills-at-least-14-in-Syria-s-Azaz-.html|title=Car bomb kills at least 60 in Syria's Azaz|date=7 January 2017|publisher=Al-Arabiya|access-date=8 January 2017}}