March 2017 Damascus bombings

{{Short description|Three suicide bombings in the Syrian capital}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = 2017 Damascus bombings

| partof = the Syrian Civil War

| image = Damascus-map.png

| caption = Damascus highlighted within Syria

| location = Damascus, Syria

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| date = March 11, 2017 (first attack)
March 15, 2017 (second and third attack)

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| fatalities = 74 (first attack)
40 (second and third attack)
Total: 114

| injuries = 120 (first attack)
30+ (second and third attack) Total: 150+

| perps =

| perp = Tahrir al-Sham (first attack)
Islamic State (second and third attack)

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In March 2017, three attacks occurred in the city of Damascus, Syria. The first happened on the March 11, when a double bomb suicide attack in the Old City of Damascus on Saturday killed dozens of people - mostly Iraqi Shia pilgrims - and wounded more than 100.{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/bombs-damascus-fatalities-reported-170311101052510.html |title=Twin bombing kills at least 40 in Damascus' Old City |publisher=Al-Jazeera |date=2017-03-11 |access-date=2017-03-11}} The second and the third happened on the March 15, when two suicide bombers detonated their explosive vests in the capital's main judicial building and in a restaurant.{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/suicide-attack-hits-justice-palace-syria-damascus-170315114623986.html|title=Syria war: Twin suicide attacks kill dozens in Damascus|date=15 March 2017|publisher=Al-Jazeera|access-date=15 March 2017}}

Perpetrators

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham claimed responsibility for the first attack,{{Cite news |date=2017-03-12 |title=Syrian Al-Qaeda affiliate claims twin bombing in Damascus |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39250040 |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} and the Islamic State claimed the second and the third.{{Cite news |last= |first= |title=Three car bombs target Damascus, 20 killed |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-blast/three-car-bombs-target-damascus-20-killed-idUSKBN19N04U/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916094901/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-blast/three-car-bombs-target-damascus-20-killed-idUSKBN19N04U |archive-date=2023-09-16 |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=Reuters |language=en-US |url-status=live }}

See also

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