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On 15 August 2013, a [[car bomb]] exploded in [[Beirut, Lebanon]] killing 27 people and injuring over 200 people. The car bomb was intended for the stronghold of [[Hezbollah]].<ref name=”bassam”>{{cite news|last=Bassam|first=Laila|title=Car bomb kills 20 in Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold|date=15 August 2013 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-explosion-idUSBRE97E0S520130815|work=Reuters|accessdate=15 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Deadly blast near Hezbollah complex in Beirut|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/2013815152140188564.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|accessdate=15 August 2013}}</ref> It was reportedly the “worst explosion in south Beirut” since a [[1985 Beirut car bombings|1985 truck bomb]] assassination attempt targeting top [[Shiite cleric]] [[Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah]].<ref name=karam>{{cite news|last=Karam |first=Zeina |author-link=Zeina Karam |title=Car bomb kills 14 in Beirut suburb |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/15/beirut-explosion/2659685/ |accessdate=3 September 2013 |newspaper=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=15 August 2013}}</ref> |
On 15 August 2013, a [[car bomb]] exploded in [[Beirut, Lebanon]] killing 27 people and injuring over 200 people. The car bomb was intended for the stronghold of [[Hezbollah]].<ref name=”bassam”>{{cite news|last=Bassam|first=Laila|title=Car bomb kills 20 in Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold|date=15 August 2013 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-explosion-idUSBRE97E0S520130815|work=Reuters|accessdate=15 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Deadly blast near Hezbollah complex in Beirut|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/2013815152140188564.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|accessdate=15 August 2013}}</ref> It was reportedly the “worst explosion in south Beirut” since a [[1985 Beirut car bombings|1985 truck bomb]] assassination attempt targeting top [[Shiite cleric]] [[Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah]].<ref name=karam>{{cite news|last=Karam |first=Zeina |author-link=Zeina Karam |title=Car bomb kills 14 in Beirut suburb |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/15/beirut-explosion/2659685/ |accessdate=3 September 2013 |newspaper=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=15 August 2013}}</ref> |
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The [[Islamist]] group Aisha Umm-al Mouemeneen, also known as Brigades of Aisha, were responsible for the explosion. In their statement the group accused Hezbollah of being Iranian agents and threatened more attacks. “This is the second time that we decide the time and place of the battle … And you will see more, God willing,”<ref name=”bassam”/> However Interior Minister [[Marwan Charbel]] and other politicians blamed Israel for the attack.<ref name=”bassam”/> |
The [[Islamist]] group Aisha Umm-al Mouemeneen, also known as Brigades of Aisha, were responsible for the explosion. In their statement the group accused Hezbollah of being Iranian agents and threatened more attacks. “This is the second time that we decide the time and place of the battle … And you will see more, God willing,”<ref name=”bassam”/> However Interior Minister [[Marwan Charbel]] and other politicians blamed Israel for the attack.<ref name=”bassam”/> |
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The bombing came “amid sectarian tensions” over the intervention of Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah against Sunni rebels in the [[Syrian civil war]].<ref name=”bassam”/> |
The bombing came “amid sectarian tensions” over the intervention of Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah against Sunni rebels in the [[Syrian civil war]].<ref name=”bassam”/> |
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Latest revision as of 00:29, 24 October 2025
Islamist terror attack in Lebanon
On 15 August 2013, a car bomb exploded in Beirut, Lebanon killing 27 people and injuring over 200 people. The car bomb was intended for the stronghold of Hezbollah.[2][3] It was reportedly the “worst explosion in south Beirut” since a 1985 truck bomb assassination attempt targeting top Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.[4]
The Islamist group Aisha Umm-al Mouemeneen, also known as Brigades of Aisha, were responsible for the explosion. In their statement the group accused Hezbollah of being Iranian agents and threatened more attacks. “This is the second time that we decide the time and place of the battle … And you will see more, God willing,”[2] However Interior Minister Marwan Charbel and other politicians blamed Israel for the attack.[2]
The bombing came “amid sectarian tensions” over the intervention of Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah against Sunni rebels in the Syrian civil war.[2]
A month earlier a car bomb injured more than 50 people in the same district.[2] A week later two mosques were bombed in Tripoli killing over 40 and injuring hundreds. The Tripoli bombing were thought to be in retaliation for the Beirut bombing.[5]
Political analyst Anno Bunnik has warned that Sunni militants would likely target Hezbollah areas in response to its role in the Syrian Civil War.[6]
