29 November 1981
✸The Azbakiyah bombing in Damascus
AttackerIsrael / IDF➜TargetSyria / Syrian Army
On 29 November 1981 a car bomb exploded in the Azbakiyah district of Damascus near an intelligence building, killing 64 and wounding 135; Damascus attributed it to the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Global Terrorism Database lists it among the attacks of the "Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners". According to Bergman the Front targeted Palestinians and Syrians in Lebanon and beyond.