Target Civilians Non-fatal injuries 200 Location Jableh, Syria | Attack type Multiple bombings Date 23 May 2016 Locations Tartus, Jableh | |
Weapons Suicide bombers and car bombs Deaths 184+ (plus five attackers) Perpetrator Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Similar 2015 Syrian Air Force An, 2015 Sana'a mosque b, Reyhanlı bombings, Curtis Culwell Center att, 2015 Beirut bombings | ||
On 23 May 2016, eight bombings were carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. 184 people were killed and at least 200 people injured. One of the major explosions occurred at the Jableh National Hospital, in the city of Jableh, were likely 43 people were killed. Doctors and nurses were among the dead. The bombings in Tartus targeted a bus station (bus stations were also targeted in Jableh). Many of the blasts were only a few seconds apart. The attacks took place in relatively violence-free areas of Syria. Many of the facilities, which were hit, are no longer operational. The cities were government-controlled territory, that hosted Russian military bases. Russia has a naval base in Tartus and an air base near Jableh.
The Syrian government had accused Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey of being behind the wave of bombings in these cities.