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23 August 2013

✸Al-Salam and al-Taqwa mosques bombed

AttackerArmed Islamist groups (al-Qaeda, Nusra, ISIS, Assir…)➜TargetMuslim forces (generic)

On 23 August 2013 two car bombs exploded outside the al-Taqwa and al-Salam mosques in Tripoli during Friday prayers, killing 47 people; the largest bombing in Lebanon since the war.

▲ The Ruwais bombing
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