Location Date Description Deaths Injuries Syria November 29, 1981 The 1981 Azbakiyah bombing, in Damascus, by the Muslim Brotherhood.[2] 200 Lebanon April 18, 1983 The 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing, in Beirut by the Islamic Jihad Organization.[3] 63 120 Lebanon October 23, 1983 The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing by the Islamic Jihad Organization.[4] 307 75 Kuwait December 12, 1983 The 90-minute coordinated 1983 Kuwait bombings of six key foreign and Kuwaiti installations including two embassies, the airport, and the country's main petro-chemical plant, was more notable for the damage it might have caused than what was actually destroyed.