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April 2012 Damascus bombings

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April 2012 Damascus Bombing
Part of Syrian Civil War
Location	Damascus
Date	27 April 2012
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Deaths	9 (7 military and 2 civilian)
Injured	28
Perpetrators	al-Nusra Front

Syrian civil war

Timeline

Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011)

Start of insurgency (Sept. 2011 – April 2012)

UN ceasefire; Rebel advances (May 2012 – Dec. 2013)

3rd Rastan
Houla
Northern Homs
Al-Haffah
Al-Qubeir
Al-Tremseh
3rd Idlib Gov.
1st Damascus
- Bombing
Aleppo
Syrian Kurdistan and Kurdish–Islamist conflict
- Hasaka campaign
- Tell Abyad
Nubl & Al-Zahraa
2nd Rif Dimashq (1st Darayya)
Abu al-Duhur Airbase
Quneitra Gov.
3rd Rif Dimashq
- 1st Yarmouk camp
- 2nd Darayya
Darayya & Muadamiyat
Aqrab
1st Hama offensive
- Halfaya
1st Safira
Shadadeh
2nd Damascus
1st Raqqa campaign (1st Raqqa)
1st Daraa offensive
4th Rif Dimashq
- Jdaidet al-Fadl
- Tadamon
- Ghouta
Al-Qusayr offensive
- 2nd al-Qusayr
Eastern Ghouta
2nd Hama offensive
Bayda and Baniyas
1st Latakia offensive
Ma'loula
Sadad
5th Rif Dimashq
1st Qalamoun
Adra

Rise of the Islamic State (Jan. – Sept. 2014)

U.S.-led intervention, Rebel & ISIL advances (Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015)

Russian intervention (Sept. 2015 – March 2016)

Aleppo escalation and Euphrates Shield (March 2016 – February 2017)

Collapse of the Islamic State in Syria (Feb. – Nov. 2017)

Rebels in retreat and Operation Olive Branch
(Nov. 2017 – Sep. 2018)

3rd Northwestern Syria
Eastern Syria insurgency
Atarib
Harasta
Beit Jinn
3rd Syrian Desert
- 5th Deir ez-Zor offensive
1st Southern Damascus
Olive Branch
- Afrin
- SDF insurgency
Khasham
Feb 2018 Israel–Syria incident
10th Rif Dimashq (Douma)
4th Idlib inter-rebel conflict
2nd Southern Damascus
U.S.-led missile strikes
Northern Homs
2nd Eastern Qalamoun
3rd Southern Damascus
Deir ez-Zor SAA-SDF clashes
House of Cards
1st As-Suwayda
2nd Southern Syria
2nd As-Suwayda
3rd As-Suwayda
2nd Qamishli

Idlib demilitarization
(Sep. 2018 – April 2019)

First Idlib offensive, Operation Peace Spring, & Second Idlib offensive (April 2019 – March 2020)

4th Northwestern
Tell Rifaat
Raqqa & Azaz
Hass
2nd Israeli missile strikes
Peace Spring (2nd Ras al-Ayn)
Kayla Mueller
Northern bombings
3rd Israeli missile strikes
Qah
5th Northwestern
- Balyun
- Spring Shield
2nd U.S. missile strikes
10th Daraa

Idlib ceasefire (March 2020 – present)

Syrian War spillover and international incidents

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- February 2018 incident
- May 2018 incident

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Spillover in Turkey

Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

Spillover in Europe

Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war

Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic

Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels

U.S.-led intervention against ISIL

The 27 April 2012 Damascus bombing was a suicide attack that targeted the Syrian military, killing nine people. The event, occurred during the Syrian Civil War, was claimed by the al-Nusra Front.^[1]

References

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^ "Islamist Group Says it carried out Damascus bombing, 30 April 2012 Monday 10:0". Turkishweekly.net. 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

Syrian civil war

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Phases and processes	Syrian revolution Early insurgency phase 2012–2013 escalation Ceasefires Syrian peace process
World reaction	International reactions to the Syrian civil war Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
Specific groups and countries	Russian involvement Russian intervention Turkish involvement Turkish occupation of northern Syria Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone Russian-Turkish agreement on Syria American intervention in the Syrian civil war 2023 attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria Kurdish Area in Syria Syrian Democratic Forces Rojava conflict U.S. task force
Agreements and dialogues	Russian-Turkish agreement on Syria Relations between Syrian government and Kurdish groups in Syria

Timeline

Background

2011
Jan–Apr
May–Aug
Sep–Dec

2012
Jan–Apr
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Sep–Dec

2013
Jan–Apr
May–Dec

2014
Jan–Jul
Aug–Dec

2015
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2016
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Sep–Dec

2017
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May–Aug
Sep–Dec

2018
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May–Aug
Sep–Dec

2019
Jan–Apr
May–Aug
Sep–Dec

2020
Jan–Dec

2021
Jan–Dec

2022
Jan–Dec

2023
Jan-Dec

Spillover

Israel and Golan Heights:	March 2017 incident February 2018 incident May 2018 Israel–Iran incidents
Iraq:	Akashat ambush Operation al-Shabah April 2014 Iraqi border airstrike
Jordanian border incidents	April 2014 Jordanian border airstrike
Lebanon:	Lebanese border clashes Battle of Sidon Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut North Lebanon clashes Qalamoun (Jul–Aug 2017)
Turkey:	December 2011 Turkish border clash 2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown 2012 Turkish border clashes 2013 Reyhanlı car bombings January 2014 Turkish attack in Syria Assassination of Andrei Karlov Russian Air Force Al-Bab incident 2020 Balyun airstrikes Operation Spring Shield
Elsewhere:	Deir ez-Zor missile strike (Iran)

Belligerents

Syria

Politics of Syria

Military and militias

Opposition militias

Autonomous Administration
of North and East Syria

Support

al-Qaeda and allies

People

Elections	2011 local elections 2012 parliamentary election 2014 presidential election 2015 Northern local elections 2016 parliamentary election 2017 Northern local elections 2017 Northern regional elections 2018 local elections 2020 parliamentary election 2021 presidential election
Issues	Casualties Cities and towns Chemical weapons Damaged heritage sites Foreign involvement Human rights violations Humanitarian aid International demonstrations and protests International reactions Massacres Refugees Sectarianism and minorities Status of the Golan Heights Spillover in Lebanon Syrian government reactions
Peace process	Arab League monitors Friends of Syria Group Kofi Annan peace plan UN supervision mission Lakhdar Brahimi peace plan U.S.–Russia peace proposals 39th G8 summit UN Security Council Resolution 2118 Geneva II conference 2015 Zabadani cease-fire agreement Vienna talks 2016 Geneva talks Idlib demilitarization (2018–present) First Northern Syria Demilitarization Deal Second Northern Syria Demilitarization Deal Syrian Constitutional Committee
War crimes trials	Universal jurisdiction trials in Germany
Related topics	Exclusive mandate Fourth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference International recognition of the Syrian National Council Syria Files Syrian detainee report Syrian media coverage 2015 European migrant crisis Syrian civil war in popular culture

Category

v t e Terrorist attacksinSyria
20th c.	Menarsha synagogue attack (1949) Aleppo Artillery School (1979) President assassination attempt (1980) 1981 Azbakiyah bombing 1986 Damascus bombings ‡
2000s	Damascus diplomatic quarter (2004) Syrian National TV (June 2006) US embassy (September 2006) Damascus car bombing (2008) Sayyidah Zeinab (2009)
2010s	2011 Damascus bombings Aleppo (February 2012) Aleppo (March 2012) Damascus (March 2012) Damascus (April 2012) Idlib (April 2012) Damascus (May 2012) Deir ez-Zor (May 2012) Damascus (July 2012) Aleppo (September 2012) Aleppo (October 2012) Aqrab (December 2012) Aleppo University (2013) Damascus (February 2013) Maan (February 2014) Homs (October 2014) Tell Tamer (December 2015) Homs (December 2015) Qamishli (December 2015) Sayyidah Zaynab (January and February 2016) Homs (February 2016) Jableh and Tartus (May 2016) Qamishli (July 2016) Atmeh (August 2016) (September 2016) Azaz (January 2017) Damascus (March 2017) Aleppo (April 2017) As-Suwayda (July 2018) (June 2019) (November 2019)
2020s	Afrin (April 2020) Homs (October 2023) Azaz (March 2024)
‡ indicates the terrorist attack which caused the greatest number of casualties