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]]
|[[Russian Empire|Russia]]
|[[Tehran]], [[Persia]]
|[[Aleksandr Griboyedov#Death]]
|-
|[[1900]]
|[[Beijing Legation Quarter|Legation Quarter]] (multinational)
|[[Beijing|Beijing, China]]
|(See: [[Boxer Rebellion]])
|-
|[[1955]]
|[[Romania]]
|[[Berne]], [[Switzerland]]
|[[Berne incident]]
|-
|[[1966]]
|[[Cuba]]
|[[Ottawa|Ottawa, Canada]]
|(See: [[Embassy of Cuba in Ottawa]])
|-
|[[1972]]
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Dublin, Ireland]]
|(See: [[Bloody Sunday (1972)#The perspectives and analyses on the day|Bloody Sunday (1972)]])
|-
|[[1972]]
|[[Israel]]
|[[Bangkok|Bangkok, Thailand]]
|[[1972 Israeli Embassy attack in Bangkok]]
|-
|[[1973]]
|[[Saudi Arabia]]
|[[Khartoum|Khartoum, Sudan]]
|[[1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations]]
|-
|[[1974]]
|[[Japan]]
|[[Kuwait City|Kuwait City, Kuwait]]
|[[1974 Japanese Embassy attack in Kuwait]]
|-
|[[1974]]
|[[France]]
|[[The Hague|The Hague, Netherlands]]
|[[1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague]]
|-
|[[1975]]
|[[West Germany]]
|[[Stockholm|Stockholm, Sweden]]
|[[West German embassy siege]]
|-
|[[1975]]
|[[Egypt]]
|[[Madrid|Madrid, Spain]]
|[[1975 Egyptian Embassy attack in Madrid]]
|-
|[[1975]]
|[[Indonesia]]
|[[Amsterdam|Amsterdam, Netherlands]]
|[[1975 Indonesian consulate hostage crisis|1975 Indonesian Consulate attack in Amsterdam]]
|-
|[[1978]]
|[[Iraq]]
|[[Paris|Paris, France]]
|[[1975 Iraqi Embassy attack in Paris]]
|-
|[[1979]]
|[[Costa Rica]]
|[[San Salvador|San Salvador, El Salvador]]
|[[1979 Embassy attacks in San Salvador]]
|-
|[[1979]]
|[[France]]
|[[San Salvador|San Salvador, El Salvador]]
|[[1979 Embassy attacks in San Salvador]]
|-
|[[1979]]
|[[Egypt]]
|[[Ankara|Ankara, Turkey]]
|[[1979 Egyptian Embassy attack in Ankara]]
|-
|[[1979]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Tehran|Tehran, Iran]]
|[[Iran hostage crisis]]
|-
|[[1979]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Islamabad|Islamabad, Pakistan]]
|[[1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Islamabad]]
|-
|[[1979]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Tripoli|Tripoli, Libya]]
|[[1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Libya]]
|-
|[[1980]]
|[[Dominican Republic]]
|[[Bogotá|Bogotá, Colombia]]
|[[Dominican embassy siege]]
|-
|[[1980]]
|[[Spain]]
|[[Guatemala City|Guatemala City, Guatemala]]
|[[1980 Spanish Embassy attack in Guatemala City]]
|-
|[[1980]]
|[[Iran]]
|[[London|London, England]]
|[[Iranian Embassy siege]]
|-
|[[1981]]
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Paris|Paris, France]]
|[[1981 Turkish consulate attack in Paris]]
|-
|[[1982]]
|[[Israel]]
|[[Sydney|Sydney, Australia]]
|-
|[[1983]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Beirut|Beirut, Lebanon]]
|[[1983 United States Embassy bombing]]
|-
|[[1983]]
|[[France]]
|[[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
|[[1983 Kuwait bombings]]
|-
|[[1983]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
|[[1983 Kuwait bombings]]
|-
|[[1983]]
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|[[The Lisbon Five|Attack on Turkish embassy in Lisbon]]
|-
|[[1984]]
|[[Libya]]
|[[London|London, England]]
|(See: [[Yvonne Fletcher]])
|-
|[[1985]]
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Ottawa|Ottawa, Canada]]
|[[1985 Turkish embassy attack in Ottawa]]
|-
|[[1986]]
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Melbourne|Melbourne, Australia]]
|[[Melbourne Turkish consulate bombing]]
|-
|[[1990]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Tel Aviv|Tel Aviv, Israel]]
|[[1990 US Embassy attack in Tel Aviv]]
|-
|[[1992]]
|[[Israel]]
|[[Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires, Argentina]]
|[[Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires]]
|-
|[[1992]]
|[[Iran]]
|[[Ottawa|Ottawa, Canada]]
|(See: [[Embassy of Iran in Ottawa]])
|-
|[[1994]]
|[[Israel]]
|[[London|London, England]]
|[[Israeli Embassy Attack in London]]
|-
|[[1995]]
|[[Chile]]
|[[Managua, Nicaragua]]
| (See: [[Recontra 380]])
|-
|[[1995]]
|[[France]]
|[[Perth, Western Australia|Perth, Australia]]
| (See: [[1995 bombing of the French Consulate in Perth, Western Australia|French Consulate firebombing]])
|-
|[[1995]]
|[[Egypt]]
|[[Islamabad|Islamabad, Pakistan]]
|[[Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan]]
|-
|[[1996]]
|[[Japan]]
|[[Lima|Lima, Peru]]
|[[Japanese embassy hostage crisis]]
|-
|[[1998]]
|[[Russia]]
|[[Riga|Riga, Latvia]]
|[[Riga Bombing 1998]]
|-
|[[1998]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Dar es Salaam|Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]]
|[[1998 United States embassy bombings]]
|-
|[[1998]]
|[[Iran]]
|[[Mazari Sharif], [Afghanistan]]
|[[1998 Iranian diplomats assassination in Afghanistan]]
|-
|[[1998]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Nairobi|Nairobi, Kenya]]
|[[1998 United States embassy bombings]]
|-
|[[1999]]
|[[People's Republic of China]]
|[[Belgrade|Belgrade, Yugoslavia]]
|[[NATO bombing of the People's Republic of China embassy in Belgrade]]
|-
|[[2002]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Karachi]], Pakistan
|[[Karachi consulate attacks|2002 US consulate bombing in Karachi]]
|-
|[[2003]]
|[[Jordan]]
|[[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]
|[[2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad]]
|-
|[[2003]]
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]
|[[Turkish embassy bombing in Baghdad]]
|-
|[[2003]]
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Istanbul]], Turkey
|[[2003 Istanbul bombings]]
|-
|[[2004]]
|[[Israel]]
|[[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]]
|[[Tashkent embassy bombings]]
|-
|[[2004]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]]
|[[Tashkent embassy bombings]]
|-
|[[2004]]
|[[Australia]]
|[[Jakarta|Jakarta, Indonesia]]
|[[Jakarta embassy bombing]]
|-
|[[2004]]
|[[Malaysia]]
|[[Manila|Manila, Philippines]]
|[[2004 Malaysian embassy siege by protesters]]
|-
|[[2004]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]]
|[[Terrorism in Saudi Arabia#2004|Jeddah consulate attack]]
|-
|[[2006]]
|[[Austria]]
|[[Tehran|Tehran, Iran]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|[[2006]]
|[[Chile]]
|[[Damascus|Damascus, Syria]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|[[2006]]
|[[Denmark]]
|[[Tehran|Tehran, Iran]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|[[2006]]
|[[France]]
|[[Tehran|Tehran, Iran]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|[[2006]]
|[[Denmark]]
|[[Damascus|Damascus, Syria]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|[[2006]]
|[[Norway]]
|[[Damascus|Damascus, Syria]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|[[2006]]
|[[Norway]]
|[[Tehran|Tehran, Iran]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|[[2006]]
|[[Sweden]]
|[[Damascus|Damascus, Syria]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|[[2006]]
|[[Denmark]]
|[[Beirut|Beirut, Lebanon]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|[[2006]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Damascus|Damascus, Syria]]
|[[Damascus terrorist attacks]]
|-
|[[2007]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|[[Embassy of the United States in Athens]]
|-
|[[2007]]
|[[Spain]]
|[[Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
|
|-
|[[2007]]
|[[Russia]]
|[[San José, Costa Rica]]
|
|-
|[[2007]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Vienna, Austria]]
|
|-
|[[2007]]
|[[China]]
|[[New Delhi, India]]
|
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[Israel]]
|[[Nouakchott|Nouakchott, Mauritania]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[Belgium]]
|[[Belgrade, Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[Croatia]]
|[[Belgrade, Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[Germany]]
|[[Belgrade, Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[Slovenia]]
|[[Belgrade, Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Belgrade, Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Belgrade, Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Belgrade, Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[Denmark]]
|[[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]
|[[2008 Danish embassy bombing]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[India]]
|[[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]]
|[[2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Istanbul]], Turkey
|[[2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[United States]]
|[[San‘a’]], [[Yemen]]
|[[2008 American Embassy attack in Yemen]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[Ethiopia]]
|[[Hargeisa]], [[Somalia]]
|[[2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings]]
|-
|[[2009]]
|[[France]]
|[[Nouakchott]], [[Mauritania]]
|[[2009 Nouakchott suicide bombing]]
|-
|[[2008]]
|[[Greece]]
|[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
|-
|[[2009]]
|[[Pakistan]]
|[[Tehran]]
|[[2009 Attack on Pakistani embassy in Tehran]]
|-
|[[2009]]
|[[Slovakia]]
|[[Budapest]]
|[[Hungary%E2%80%93Slovakia_relations#Attack_on_the_Slovak_embassy_in_Budapest|2009 attack on Slovak Embassy in Budapest]]
|-
|[[2009]]
|[[India]]
|[[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]]
|[[2009 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul]]
|}
== 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| ]]
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