2013 Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut

Iranian embassy bombings
Part of Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
Location of Beirut in Lebanon
LocationJinah, Beirut, Lebanon
Coordinates33°51′22″N 35°29′22″E / 33.85611°N 35.48944°E / 33.85611; 35.48944
Date19 November 2013 (2013-11-19) (EET)
TargetIranian embassy, Beirut
Attack type
Suicide bomber, car bomb
Deaths23
InjuredAt least 160[1]
PerpetratorsAbdullah Azzam Brigades (al-Qaeda affiliate)
General Intelligence Presidency (Hezbollah claim)

The 2013 Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut was a double suicide bombing in front of the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon on 19 November 2013. The two bombings resulted in 23 deaths[2][3] and injured at least 160 others.[1]

  1. ^ a b Beirut bomb blasts kill 23: Iranian Embassy is the target in a widening war between Shia and Sunni The Independent Retrieved 20 November 2013
  2. ^ "Lebanon blasts hit Iran's embassy in Beirut". BBC News. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Beirut bombs kill 23; blasts linked to Syrian civil war". CNN. 19 November 2013.

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