April 2012 Damascus bombings April 2012 Damascus BombingPart of Syrian Civil WarLocationDamascusDate27 April 2012Attack typeSuicide bombingDeaths9 (7 military and 2 civilian)Injured28Perpetratorsal-Nusra FrontSyrian civil war Timeline Background and causes Casualties Cities map Terrorism Massacres Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011) Daraa Baniyas Homs (May–August 2011) Talkalakh Rastan and Talbiseh 1st Jisr ash-Shughur 1st Jabal al-Zawiya Hama Latakia Start of insurgency (Sept. 2011 – April 2012) Homs (2011–14) 1st Homs offensive 1st Idlib Gov. Syrian–Turkish border Jabal al-Zawiya 1st Idlib City Saraqib 1st Rastan Hama Gov. Shayrat & Tiyas ambush Daraa Gov. 1st Rif Dimashq 1st Zabadani Douma Deir ez-Zor (2011–2014) Hatla Aleppo Gov. Azaz 2nd Rastan 1st al-Qusayr 2nd Idlib Gov. Taftanaz UN ceasefire; Rebel advances (May 2012 – Dec. 2013) 3rd Rastan Houla 1st Northern Homs Al-Haffah Al-Qubeir Al-Tremseh 3rd Idlib Gov. 1st Damascus Bombing 1st Aleppo city Anadan Menagh Air Base Base 46 Khan al-Assal 1st Aleppo offensive 2nd Aleppo offensive Syrian Kurdistan and Kurdish–Islamist conflict Hasaka campaign Ras al-Ayn al-Yaarubiyah Tell Hamis and Tell Brak 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 2nd al-Qusayr 3rd al-Qusayr Eastern Ghouta 2nd Hama offensive Bayda and Baniyas 1st Latakia offensive Ma'loula Sadad 5th Rif Dimashq 1st Qalamoun Adra Rise of ISIS in 2014 Inter-rebel conflict Northern Aleppo Markada 1st Deir ez-Zor offensive al-Otaiba ambush Maan Hosn Morek 2nd Daraa offensive 2nd Latakia offensive 4th Idlib Gov. Al-Malihah 2nd Wadi Deif 2nd Qalamoun Arsal Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) 1st Shaer gas field 1st Eastern Syria Tabqa Airbase 3rd Hama offensive 6th Rif Dimashq 1st Quneitra 1st Kobanî U.S.-led intervention, Rebel and ISIL advances (Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015) U.S.-led intervention Homs school bombing 3rd Daraa offensive 2nd Safira 2014 Idlib city raid Nusra–FSA conflict 2nd Shaer gas field 1st Al-Shaykh Maskin 2nd Deir ez-Zor offensive 3rd Aleppo offensive An-26 crash 4th Daraa offensive Southern Syria Eastern al-Hasakah offensive 1st Sarrin Hama/Homs offensive Bosra 5th Idlib Gov 2nd Idlib city Al-Fu'ah-Kafriya Nasib 2nd Yarmouk camp 1st Northwestern Syria 3rd Qalamoun 1st Palmyra Western al-Hasakah offensive 1st Al-Hasakah city Tell Abyad Daraa/As-Suwayda 2nd Quneitra 2nd Sarrin 5th Daraa 2nd Al-Hasakah city 2nd Kobanî 4th Aleppo offensive 2nd Zabadani 2nd Palmyra Al-Ghab 1st al-Qaryatayn Douma market 7th Rif Dimashq Kuweires offensive Russian intervention (Sept. 2015 – March 2016) Russian intervention 3rd Quneitra 2nd Northwestern Syria 3rd Latakia offensive Su-24 shootdown 5th Aleppo offensive al-Hawl 2nd Homs offensive 6th Aleppo offensive 4th Hama offensive Tell Tamer Tishrin Dam 2nd Al-Shaykh Maskin al-Qamishli bombings Orontes River 3rd Deir ez-Zor offensive 1st Sayyidah Zaynab 7th Aleppo offensive 1st Ithriyah-Raqqa Al-Shaddadi Homs bombings 2nd Sayyidah Zaynab Khanasir 2nd Tel Abyad Al-Tanf 2nd Al-Qaryatayn 3rd Palmyra 2nd Maarat al-Nu'man Aleppo escalation and Euphrates Shield (March 2016 – February 2017) 8th Aleppo offensive 6th Daraa 9th–11th Aleppo offensives Al-Dumayr 1st East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict 1st Qamishli Aleppo bombings 8th Rif Dimashq 3rd Shaer gas field Northern Raqqa Jableh & Tartus Manbij Tokhar 2nd Ithriyah-Raqqa 9th Rif Dimashq 12th–14th Aleppo offensives 12th 13th 14th 4th Latakia offensive 1st Abu Kamal 3rd Qamishli Atmeh al-Rai 3rd Al-Hasakah City Operation Euphrates Shield Northern al-Bab Dabiq al-Bab 5th Hama offensive 1st Western al-Bab 1st Eastern Qalamoun September bombings 4th Quneitra Deir ez-Zor airstrike Aleppo aid convoy attack 15th Aleppo offensive Khan al-Shih 1st Idlib inter-rebel conflict 2nd Western al-Bab 16th Aleppo offensive 2nd Raqqa campaign 17th Aleppo offensive 4th Palmyra Wadi Barada 1st Syrian Desert Azaz bombings 5th Palmyra 4th Deir ez-Zor offensive 18th Aleppo offensive 2nd Idlib inter-rebel conflict 7th Daraa Qaboun 8th Daraa Collapse of ISIS in Syria (2017) Eastern Homs offensive al-Jina mosque 6th Hama offensive Tabqa Khan Shaykhun US Shayrat strike Aleppo bus bombing April 2017 Turkish airstrikes 2nd East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict 2nd Syrian Desert Maskanah East Hama 2nd Raqqa 9th Daraa Southern Raqqa Iranian Deir ez-Zor strike Ja'din Jobar 5th Quneitra Central Syria 3rd Idlib inter-rebel conflict 4th Qalamoun Deir ez-Zor (2017–2019) 2nd Eastern Syria Deir ez-Zor city Euphrates Crossing Mayadin 2nd Abu Kamal 7th Hama offensive 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 2nd 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) Idlib demilitarization 5th Idlib inter-rebel conflict 1st Israeli missile strikes 2nd Iranian strike Northern border clashes Daraa insurgency Manbij bombing Baghuz Fawqani U.S. airstrike 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 – Nov. 2024) 6th Idlib inter-rebel conflict Ayn Issa Qamishli & Al-Hasakah 4th Israeli missile strikes 3rd Qamishli 11th Daraa 7th Idlib inter-rebel conflict 3rd Al-Hasakah city 1st Aleppo inter-rebel conflict Jabal al-Bishrī 2nd Aleppo inter-rebel conflict Claw-Sword Northwestern clashes 3rd U.S. missile strikes 2nd Northern clashes Deir ez-Zor clashes 3rd Northern clashes Homs drone strike February 2024 airstrikes Opposition offensives and government collapse (Nov. – Dec. 2024) 6th Deir ez-Zor offensive 3rd Southern Syria 2nd Aleppo city Hospital strike 19th Aleppo offensive 2nd Manbij offensive Al-Mustariha strike 1st Ayn al-Arab offensive 3rd Kobanî 8th Hama offensive 3rd Homs offensive 6th Palmyra 3rd Damascus Fall of the Assad regime Israeli invasion of Syria Syrian War spillover and international incidents Lebanon spillover Lebanese–Syrian border Sidon Iranian embassy bombing North Lebanon clashes Syrian–Turkish border incidents Turkish F4 shootdown Reyhanlı bombings Turkish occupation of northern Syria Kurdish riots Jordanian–Syrian border incidents Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line February 2018 incident May 2018 incident Iraqi–Syrian border incidents Akashat al-Shabah Western Nineveh Western Iraq Spillover in Iran 2017 Tehran attacks 2017 Deir ez-Zor missile strike 2024 Iranian airstrikes in Syria Spillover in Turkey Russian Su-24 shootdown Andrei Karlov Balyun airstrikes Kafr Takharim airstrikes Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Spillover in Europe Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil warForeign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic Russian involvement Iranian intervention 2017 missile strike 2012 Hezbollah involvement Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels Foreign rebel fighters Turkish involvement Turkey–Islamic State conflict Tomb of Suleyman Shah relocation Euphrates Shield 2017 airstrikes Idlib Governorate operation Afrin operation 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria Israel's role U.S.-led intervention against ISIL US intervention Timeline List of attacks 2014 rescue operation May 2015 raid 2017 missile strikes Qatari involvement Jordanian intervention Operation Martyr Muath Lebanon's role Saudi involvement April 2018 missile strikes Dutch involvement German intervention French intervention Australian intervention UK interventionThe 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, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group.[1] See alsoList of bombings during the Syrian Civil WarReferences ^ "Islamist Group Says it carried out Damascus bombing, 30 April 2012 Monday 10:0". Turkishweekly.net. 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2012-05-21. 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