This is alist of terror attacks inDamascus within modernSyria (after independence in 1946).

On Friday night, August 5, 1949, several hand grenadeswere thrown into theMenarsha Synagogue in Damascus. 12 Jews, eight of them children,^[1] were killed and about 30 others injured.^[1] The attack was timed to coincide with theLausanne Conference, following thearmistice agreement which was signed between Israel and Syria on July 20, 1949.^[2]

The deadliestbombings were executed in Damascus and surrounding areas in 1986. The events caused 204 fatalities, and were blamed by the Syrian authorities upon IraqiBa'athist agents, though other alleged perpetrators, like theMuslim Brotherhood, were proposed.

• April 28: Three gunmen, a policeman, and one civilian were killed in an attack on the diplomatic quarter of Damascus, damaging a building formerly used by theUN.^[3] Police blamed Islamists.^[4]

• June 2: Four gunmen and two security guards were killed when Syrian security forces foiled an attack byIslamist militants near thestudios ofSyrian National Television.^[5][6]
• September 12: Three gunmen and a Syrian security guard were killed in a foiled attack on theU.S. embassy. Gunmen tossedgrenades over the perimeter walls before opening fire withautomatic weapons. Acar bomb was detonated outside the embassy, although a truck bomb filled withpipe bombs andgas cylinders failed to explode.^[7] Thirteen people werewounded, including two security guards and aChinese diplomat.^[8] Police also captured one gunman, although he later died of his wounds.^[9] The Syrian government said the attack was planned inSaudi Arabia and the attackers had no links toal-Qaeda.^[10]

• 12 February: Assassination ofImad Mughniyeh.
• 27 September:Bombing in Damascus kills 17;Fatah al-Islam blamed.

• December 3: A little more than year later another explosion killed at least three people when a bus blew up inSayyidah Zaynab, a Damascus suburb popular with Iranian and other Shiite pilgrims and named after ashrine dedicated to the granddaughter of Muhammad located there. Syrian officials denied Terrorism was involved, blaming the deaths on an exploding tire and banned reporters from the site.^[11]

• 2011 Damascus bombings - event in December 2011, duringSyrian civil war.

• January 2012 al-Midan bombing- duringSyrian civil war.
• March 2012 Damascus bombings- duringSyrian civil war.
• April 2012 Damascus bombings- duringSyrian civil war.
• 10 May 2012 Damascus bombings- duringSyrian civil war.
• 18 July 2012 Damascus bombing - duringBattle of Damascus of theSyrian civil war.

• February 2013 Damascus bombings - attacks in Damascus duringSyrian civil war, killing 83 people.

• 5 September 2016 Syria bombings

• March 2017 Damascus bombings - A series of terrorist attacks in Damascus killed at least 114 people.Tahrir al-Sham,^[12] formerly known as theal-Nusra Front,^[13] andIslamic State claimed responsibility.

• Mar Elias Church attack - A suicide bombing took place at the Mar Elias church in Damascus, killing 23 people and wounding more than 63. TheIslamic State claimed responsibility.^[14]

• List of terrorist incidents in Syria

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