March 2017 Damascus bombings explained

2017 Damascus bombings
Partof:	the Syrian Civil War
Location:	Damascus, Syria
Date:	March 11, 2017 (first attack) March 15, 2017 (second and third attack)
Fatalities:	74 (first attack) 40 (second and third attack) Total: 114
Injuries:	120 (first attack) 30+ (second and third attack) Total: 150+
Perp:	Tahrir al-Sham (first attack) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (second and third attack)

In March 2017, three attacks occurred in the city of Damascus, Syria. The first happened on the March 11, when a double bomb suicide attack in the Old City of Damascus on Saturday killed dozens of people - mostly Iraqi Shia pilgrims - and wounded more than 100.^[1] The second and the third happened on the March 15, when two suicide bombers detonated their explosive vests in the capital's main judicial building and in a restaurant.^[2]

Perpetrators

Tahrir al-Sham claimed responsibility for the first attack and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed the second and the third.

See also

• List of bombings during the Syrian Civil War

Notes and References

1. Web site: Twin bombing kills at least 40 in Damascus' Old City . Al-Jazeera . 2017-03-11 . 2017-03-11.
2. Web site: Syria war: Twin suicide attacks kill dozens in Damascus. 15 March 2017. Al-Jazeera. 15 March 2017.