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The following is a list of '''attacks on diplomatic buildings''' (embassies, consulates) anywhere in the world. The list does not include attacks on individuals outside or inside an embassy, such as assassinations of ambassadors, or incidents such as letter bombs to individuals, as occurred at the embassy of Israel in London in 1972.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Embassy/Consulate
!Location of Attack
!Details
|-
|[[1829]]
|[[File:Flag of Russia.svg|25px]] [[Russian Empire|Russia]]
|[[File:Flag of Agha Mohammad Khan.svg|25px]][[Tehran]], [[Persia]]
|[[Aleksandr Griboyedov#Death]]
|-
|[[1900]]
|[[Beijing Legation Quarter|Legation Quarter]] (multinational)
|[[Beijing|Beijing, China]]
|(See: [[Boxer Rebellion]])
|-
|[[1946]]
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px]][[United Kingdom]]
|[[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg|25px]][[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|[[Irgun]] campaign
|-
|[[1955]]
|[[File:Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg|25px]][[Romania]]
|[[File:Flag of Switzerland.svg|25px]][[Berne]], [[Switzerland]]
|[[Berne incident]]
|-
|[[1964]] 
||[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] [[United States]]
|[[File:Flag of Gabon.svg|25px]][[Libreville]], [[Gabon]]
|[[1964 United States Embassy in Libreville bombings]]
|-⏎
|[[1966]]
|[[File:Flag of Cuba.svg|25px]][[Cuba]]
|[[File:Flag of Canada.svg|25px]][[Ottawa]], [[Canada]]
|(See: [[Embassy of Cuba in Ottawa]])
|-
|[[1967]]
||[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|25px]][[Soviet Union]]
|[[File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|25px]][[Beijing]],[[People's Republic of China]]
(contracted; show full)|-
|[[1979]]
|[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]][[United States]]
|[[File:Flag of Iran (1964).svg|25px]][[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|[[Iran hostage crisis]]
|-
|[[1979]] 
||[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]]
, [[United States]]
|[[File:Flag of Pakistan.svg|25px]][[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]
|[[1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Islamabad]]
|-
|[[1979]] 
|[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]], [[United States]]
|[[File:Flag of Libya.svg|25px]][[Tripoli]], [[Libya]]
|[[1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Libya]]
|-
|[[1980]]
||[[File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg|25px]], [[Dominican Republic]]
|[[File:Flag of Colombia.svg|25px]][[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]
|[[Dominican embassy siege]]
|-
|[[1980]] 
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|25px]], [[Spain]]
|[[File:Flag of Guatemala.svg|25px]][[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
|[[1980 Spanish Embassy attack in Guatemala City]]
|-
|[[1980]]
|[[File:Flag of Iran.svg|25px]][[Iran]]
||[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px]][[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|[[Iranian Embassy siege]]
|-
|[[1981]]
||[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|25px]][[Turkey]]
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|25px]][[Paris]], [[France]]
|[[1981 Turkish consulate attack in Paris]]
|-
|[[1982]]
||[[File:Flag of Israel.svg|25px]][[Israel]]
|[[File:Flag of Australia.svg|25px]][[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|-
|-
|[[1982]]
||[[File:Flag of Poland.svg|25px]][[People's Republic of Poland|Poland]]
|[[File:Flag of Switzerland.svg|25px]][[Bern]], [[Switzerland]]
|-
|[[1982]]
||[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|25px]][[Soviet Union]]
|[[File:Flag of Afghanistan 1980.svg|25px]][[Kabul]],[[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
|-
|[[1983]]
|[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]], [[United States]]
|[[File:Flag of Lebanon.svg|25px]][[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]
|[[1983 United States Embassy bombing]]
|-
|[[1983]]
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|25px]], [[France]]
|[[File:Flag of Kuwait.svg|25px]][[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
|[[1983 Kuwait bombings]]
|-
|[[1983]]
|[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]], [[United States]]
|[[File:Flag of Kuwait.svg|25px]][[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
|[[1983 Kuwait bombings]]
|-
|[[1983]]
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|25px]], [[Turkey]]
|[[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|25px]][[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|[[The Lisbon Five|Attack on Turkish embassy in Lisbon]]
|-
|[[1984]]
|[[File:Flag of Libya.svg|25px]][[Libya]]
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px]][[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|(See: [[Yvonne Fletcher]])
|-
|[[1985]]
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|25px]], [[Turkey]]
|[[File:Flag of Canada.svg|25px]][[Ottawa]], [[Canada]]
|[[1985 Turkish embassy attack in Ottawa]]
|-
|[[1986]] 
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|25px]][[France]]
|[[File:Flag of Libya.svg|25px]][[Tripoli]], [[Libya]]
|During [[Bombing of Libya]]
(contracted; show full)|}

== Sources ==
* [[List of terrorist incidents]]
* [[Terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities]]
* [http://www.infoplease.com/spot/newsfacts-sudanstrikes.html Infoplease.com]

[[Category:Terrorist attacks against embassies| ]]