July 2016 Qamishli bombings
Car bombings
Qamishli
Location of Qamishli in Syria
Attack type
Islamic State[2]- v
- t
- e
Rojava conflict
(Syrian civil war)
(Syrian civil war)
2012
- 1st Aleppo
- 1st Ras al-Ayn
2013
- Kurdish–Islamist conflict
- 1st Tell Abyad
- al-Yaarubiyah
- 1st Tell Hamis and Tell Brak
2014
2015
- Eastern al-Hasakah
- 1st Sarrin
- Western al-Hasakah
- 1st al-Hasakah
- 2nd Tell Abyad
- 2nd Sarrin
- 2nd al-Hasakah
- 2nd Kobani
- Al-Hawl
- Inner-SDF
- Tishrin Dam
- 1st al-Qamishli
2016
- Wusta
- Al-Shaddadi
- 7th Aleppo
- 3rd Tell Abyad
- 2nd al-Qamishli
- Northern Raqqa
- Manbij
- 3rd al-Qamishli
- 3rd al-Hasakah
- Euphrates Shield
- 1st Western al-Bab
- 2nd Western al-Bab
- al-Bab
- Raqqa
2017
- Tabqa
- Turkish airstrikes
- Raqqa City
- Ja'Din
- 1st Deir ez-Zor
- Eastern insurgency
2018
- Olive Branch
- 4th al-Qamishli
- Northern border clashes
2019
- 2nd Manbij
- Baghuz Fawqani
- Tell Rifaat
- Rojava offensive
- 2nd Ras al-Ayn
2020
2021
- 5th al-Qamishli & 4th al-Hasakah
- 6th al-Qamishli
2022
- 5th al-Hasakah
- Claw-Sword
2023
- Turkish Airstrikes
- 2nd Deir ez-Zor
The July 2016 Qamishli bombings were a twin car bombing in a Rojavan-held district in the city of Qamishli, part of the al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria. The bombings killed more than 44 and more than 171 were wounded. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility. The city of Qamishli has been the site of multiple car bombings since 2015.[3]
The bombings
On 27 July 2016, a livestock truck carrying explosives and a motorcycle headed toward the western part of the city on the road between an Asayish conscription center and a crowded farmers' market[4][2] and exploded. The blasts leveled several buildings, destroyed several cars, and sent a mushroom cloud of smoke into the air which were seen by residents of the Turkish city of Nusaybin across the border, and the blast was heard by residents a few miles away.[5] The first explosion caused a gas cylinder and an electric generator[4] to explode.[3]
At least 44 people were killed and more than 171 wounded. Dozens were trapped under rubble and the hospitals in the city were immediately calling for donations of blood of all types.[2]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the bombings, saying that they are in retaliation for the recent coalition bombings against their forces in Manbij City.[6] The bombings included a suicide car bomb and a motorcycle bomb. They occurred near the border with Turkey. The targets of the bombing were the local Kurdish police force and a government building. At least 50 people were killed and around 140 injured.[7]
See also
- 2015 Qamishli bombings
- List of terrorist incidents in July 2016
- Timeline of the Syrian Civil War
- May 2016 Jableh and Tartous bombings
References
- ^ "57 killed by the suicide attack which targeted al-Qamishli yesterday". Syrian Observatory For Human Rights.
- ^ a b c d e "Islamic State car bombs kill dozens in Syrian-Kurdish Qamishli". Middle East Eye. 27 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Syria: Deadly IS blast rocks Kurdish city of Qamishli". BBC. 27 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Fears of 'retaliation for Kurdish advances' as 2 car bombs tear through Qamishli". Syria:direct. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "At least 44 killed, dozens injured as twin bombing targets Syria's Qamishli near Turkish border". Daily Sabah. 27 July 2016.
- ^ Hamdi Alkhshali and Schams Elwazer (27 July 2016). "Suicide bombing kills dozens in Syria". CNN. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "Syria's war: Scores killed in ISIL attack in Qamishli". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
