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|title = 1981 Azbakiyah bombing<br>تفجير الأزبكية<br />
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|partof = the [[Islamist uprising in Syria]]<br />
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|location = [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]<br />
|target = Intelligence agencies complex in al-Azbakiyah neighborhood<br />
|date = 29 November 1981<br />
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|type = [[Car bomb]]<br />
|fatalities = 64 Syrian civilians and military men<br />
|injuries = 135<br />
|perps = [[History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria|Syrian Muslim Brotherhood]] or the [[Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners]]<br />
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The '''1981 Azbakiyah bombing''' ({{lang-ar|تفجير الأزبكية}}) was a [[terrorism in Syria|terrorist]] [[car bomb]] attack that rocked the densely populated al-Azbakiyah neighborhood of central [[Damascus]] in [[Syria]] on 29 November 1981.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} The [[explosion]], which took place in front of a school in [[Baghdad Street (Damascus)|Baghdad Street]], close to a complex of intelligence agencies,<ref>{{cite book |last= Seale |first= Patrick |author-link= Patrick Seale |title= Asad of Syria: the struggle for the Middle East |publisher= University of California Press |year= 1990 |page= [https://archive.org/details/asadofsyriastrug00seal/page/331 331] |isbn= 978-0-520-06976-3 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/asadofsyriastrug00seal/page/331 }}</ref> destroyed three five-story [[apartment building]]s, and killed 64 [[civilian]]s and [[Syrian Armed Forces|military]] men.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation|author2= Macmillan Educational Corporation |title= 1983 Year Book |publisher=Crowell-Collier Educational Corp.|year= 1982 |page= 516 }}</ref> The attack was blamed on the [[History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria|Muslim Brotherhood]] which was waging an [[Islamist uprising in Syria|insurrection]] against the government of [[Hafez al-Assad]] at the time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wire Fences Hung in Damascus as Security Measure |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date= December 28, 1981}}</ref><br />
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However, a group calling itself the Organisation for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners claimed responsibility for the bombing. It is believed to be the same group as the Israeli-backed [[Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners]], which was responsible for a series of bombings in [[Lebanon]], which killed 146 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/1981/11/30/world/bomb-explosion-in-syria-kills-64-and-hurts-135-in-crowded-area.html|title=BOMB EXPLOSION IN SYRIA KILLS 64 AND HURTS 135 IN CROWDED AREA|agency=Associated Press|access-date=2018-04-13|language=en}}</ref><br />
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