January 2017 Azaz bombing

The January 2017 Azaz bombing occurred on 7 January 2017 when a car bomb exploded in front of a courthouse and near a market in the rebel-held city of Azaz, Syria, killing at least 60 people, mostly civilians, and wounding around 50 others.^[1] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was suspected and blamed for the attack.^[2]

January 2017 Azaz bombing
Part of the Syrian civil war
Azaz, Syria during the Syrian civil war
Azaz Azaz (Syria)
Location	Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Date	7 January 2017; 8 years ago (2017-01-07)
Attack type	Car bombing
Weapons	Car bomb
Deaths	60+
Injured	50
Perpetrators	ISIS
Motive	Terrorism (suspected)

See also

• List of terrorist incidents in January 2017
• 5 September 2016 Syria bombings