June 2019 Syria bombings
Part of the Syrian civil war
June 2019 Syria bombings is located in Syria
Raqqa
Raqqa
Azaz
Azaz
June 2019 Syria bombings (Syria)
LocationRaqqa & Azaz, Syria
Date2 June 2019
TargetCivilians
Deaths34+ (24 in Azaz) (10 in Raqqa)
Injured80+
PerpetratorIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011)
Start of insurgency (Sept. 2011 – April 2012)
UN ceasefire; Rebel advances (May 2012 – Dec. 2013)
Rise of the Islamic State (Jan. – Sept. 2014)
U.S.-led intervention, Rebel & ISIL advances (Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015)
Russian intervention (Sept. 2015 – March 2016)
Aleppo escalation and Euphrates Shield (March 2016 – February 2017)
Collapse of the Islamic State in Syria (Feb. – Nov. 2017)
Rebels in retreat and Operation Olive Branch
(Nov. 2017 – Sep. 2018)
Idlib demilitarization
(Sep. 2018 – April 2019)
Idlib ceasefire (March 2020 – present)
Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic

Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels

U.S.-led intervention against ISIL

On 2 June 2019 three IED (two of which were car bombs) were detonated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in northern Syria - one in Azaz and two in Raqqa. Over 30 people were killed, including civilians and dozens of others were wounded. Among the dead were five children.[1][2][3][4][5]

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References

  1. ^ "Syrian town of Azaz hit by deadly car bombing | DW | 02.06.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  2. ^ "Syrian War Monitor: Car Bomb Kills 14 in Azaz". Voice of America. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  3. ^ "Car blast hits rebel-held north Syria". Reuters. 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  4. ^ "Raqqa bomb blasts kill 10 in ISIS's former capital". The National. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  5. ^ "2 bombings rock Syria's Raqqa - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
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