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January 2017 Azaz bombing

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January 2017 Azaz bombing
Part of the Syrian civil war
Azaz, Syria during the Syrian civil war
Azaz Azaz (Syria)
Location	Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Date	7 January 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-07)
Attack type	Car bombing
Weapons	Car bomb
Deaths	60+
Injured	50
Perpetrators	ISIS
Motive	Terrorism (suspected)

Syrian civil war

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The January 2017 Azaz bombing occurred on 7 January 2017 when a car bomb in front of a courthouse and near a market in the rebel-held city of Azaz, Syria detonated, killing at least 60 people, mostly civilians, and wounding around 50 others.^[1] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was suspected and blamed for the attack.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Syria conflict: Bomb kills dozens in Azaz on Turkish border". BBC News. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

^ "Car bomb kills at least 60 in Syria's Azaz". Al-Arabiya. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

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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
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