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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
|{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Agha Mohammad Khan.svg}} [[Tehran]], [[Persia]]
|[[Aleksandr Griboyedov#Death|The death of Aleksandr Griboyedov]]
|-
|1900
|[[Beijing Legation Quarter|Legation Quarter]] (multinational)
|{{flag|Qing Dynasty}} [[Beijing|Beijing, China]]
|(See: [[Boxer Rebellion]])
|-
|1946
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|[[Irgun]] campaign
|-
|1953
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]
| Due to the [[Doctors' plot]]
|-
|1955
|{{flag|Romania|1948}}
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Berne]], [[Switzerland]]
|[[Berne incident]]
|-
|1964 
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Gabon}} [[Libreville]], [[Gabon]]
|[[1964 United States Embassy in Libreville bombings]]
|-
|1966
|{{flag|Cuba}}
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]]
|(See: [[Embassy of Cuba in Ottawa]])
|-
|1967
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China]]
|(See: [[Cultural Revolution]])
|-
|1969
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China]]
| Due to the [[Sino-Soviet border conflict]]
|-
|1972
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Dublin]], [[Republic of  Ireland|Ireland]]
|(See: [[Bloody Sunday (1972)#The perspectives and analyses on the day|Bloody Sunday (1972)]])
|-
|1972
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
|[[1972 Israeli Embassy attack in Bangkok]]
|-
|1973
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Khartoum]], [[Sudan]]
|[[1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations]]
|-
|1974
|{{flag|Japan}}
|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
|[[1974 Japanese Embassy attack in Kuwait]]
|-
|1974
|{{flag|France}}
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]
|[[1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague]]
|-
|1975
|{{flag|West Germany}}
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
|[[West German embassy siege]]
|-
|1975
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
|[[1975 Egyptian Embassy attack in Madrid]]
|-
|1975
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
|[[1975 Indonesian consulate hostage crisis|1975 Indonesian Consulate attack in Amsterdam]]
|-
|1978
|{{flag|Iraq|1963}}
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris]], [[France]]
|[[1978 Iraqi Embassy attack in Paris]]
|-
|1979
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]
|[[1979 Embassy attacks in San Salvador]]
|-
|1979
|{{flag|France}}
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]
|[[1979 Embassy attacks in San Salvador]]
|-
|1979
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]]
|[[1979 Egyptian Embassy attack in Ankara]]
|-
|1979
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Iran|1964}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|[[Iran hostage crisis]]
|-
|1979 
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]
|[[1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Islamabad]]
|-
|1979 
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Libya}} [[Tripoli]], [[Libya]]
|[[1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Libya]]
|-
|1980
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]
|[[Dominican embassy siege]]
|-
|1980 
|{{flag|Spain}}
|{{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
|[[1980 Spanish Embassy attack in Guatemala City]]
|-
|1980
|{{flag|Iran}}
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|[[Iranian Embassy siege]]
|-
|1981
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris]], [[France]]
|[[1981 Turkish consulate attack in Paris]]
|-
|1982
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{flagicon|Australia}}[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|-
|-
|1982
|{{flagicon|Poland}} [[People's Republic of Poland|Poland]]
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]]
|-
|1982
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|{{flagicon|Afghanistan|1980}} [[Kabul]], [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
|-
|1983
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]
|[[1983 United States Embassy bombing]]
|-
|1983
|{{flag|France}}
|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
|[[1983 Kuwait bombings]]
|-
|1983
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
|[[1983 Kuwait bombings]]
|-
|1983
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|[[The Lisbon Five|Attack on Turkish embassy in Lisbon]]
|-
|1984
|{{flag|Libya}}
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|(See: [[Yvonne Fletcher]])
|-
|1985
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]]
|[[1985 Turkish embassy attack in Ottawa]]
|-
|1986 
|{{flag|France}}
|{{flagicon|Libya}} [[Tripoli]], [[Libya]]
|During [[Bombing of Libya]]
|-
|1986
|{{flag|Japan}}
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
|(See: [[Japanese Red Army]])
|-
|1986
|{{flag|Canada}}
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
|(See: [[Japanese Red Army]])
|-
|1986
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
|(See: [[Japanese Red Army]])
|-
|1986
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
|[[Melbourne Turkish consulate bombing]]
|-
|1987
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|(See: [[Japanese Red Army]])
|-
|1987
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|(See: [[Japanese Red Army]])
|-
|1987
|{{flag|Kuwait}}{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|In response to the [[1987 Mecca Massacre]]
|-
|1988
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
| Due to alleged [[Soviet support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war]]
|-
|1989
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|{{flagicon|Afghanistan|1980}} [[Kabul]], [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
|-
|1990
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]
|[[1990 US Embassy attack in Tel Aviv]]
|-
|1992
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]
|[[Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires]]
|-
|1992
|{{flag|Iran}}
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]]
|(See: [[Embassy of Iran in Ottawa]])
|-
|1994
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|[[Israeli Embassy Attack in London]]
|-
|1995
|{{flag|Chile}}
|{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[Managua]], [[Nicaragua]]
| (See: [[Recontra 380]])
|-
|1995
|{{flag|France}}
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Australia]]
| (See: [[1995 bombing of the French Consulate in Perth, Western Australia|French Consulate firebombing]])
|-
|1995
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]
|[[Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan]]
|-
|1996
|{{flag|Japan}}
|{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Lima]], [[Peru]]
|[[Japanese embassy hostage crisis]]
|-
|1998
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]
|[[Riga Bombing 1998]]
|-
|1998
|{{flag|Iran}}
|{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Mazari Sharif]]], [[Afghanistan]]
|[[1998 Iranian diplomats assassination in Afghanistan]]
|-
|1998
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]
|[[1998 United States embassy bombings]]
|-
|1998
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]]
|[[1998 United States embassy bombings]]
|-
|1999
|{{flag|People's Republic of China}}
|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia and Montenegro]]
|[[NATO bombing of the People's Republic of China embassy in Belgrade]]
|-
|1999
|{{flag|Myanmar|1974}}
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
|[[1999 Burmese Embassy Siege]]
|-
|2002
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]
|[[Karachi consulate attacks|2002 US consulate bombing in Karachi]]
|-
|2003
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|{{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]
|[[2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad]]
|-
|2003
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]
|[[Turkish embassy bombing in Baghdad]]
|-
|2003
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]
|[[2003 Istanbul bombings]]
|-
|2004
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]]
|[[Tashkent embassy bombings]]
|-
|2004
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]]
|[[Tashkent embassy bombings]]
|-
|2004
|{{flag|Australia}}
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
|[[Jakarta embassy bombing]]
|-
|2004
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]
|[[2004 Malaysian embassy siege by protesters]]
|-
|2004
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]]
|[[Terrorism in Saudi Arabia#2004|Jeddah consulate attack]]
|-
|2006
|{{flag|Austria}}
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|2006
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|2006
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|2006
|{{flag|France}}
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|2006
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|2006
|{{flag|Norway}}
|{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|2006
|{{flag|Norway}}
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|2006
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|2006
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]
|[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
|-
|2006
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
|[[Damascus terrorist attacks]]
|-
|2007
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|[[Embassy of the United States in Athens]]
|-
|2007
|{{flag|Spain}}
|{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[Kinshasa]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
|
|-
|2007
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], [[Costa Rica]]
|
|-
|2007
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
|
|-
|2007
|{{flag|People's Republic of China}}
|{{flagicon|India}} [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
|
|-
|2008
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{flagicon|Mauritania}} [[Nouakchott]], [[Mauritania]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|Germany}}
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]
|[[Kosovo independence#Serbian reaction]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]
|[[2008 Danish embassy bombing]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|India}}
|{{flagicon|Afghanistan}} [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]]
|[[2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]
|[[2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[San‘a’]], [[Yemen]] 
|[[2008 American Embassy attack in Yemen]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{flagicon|Somalia}} [[Hargeisa]], [[Somalia]] 
|[[2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings]]
|-
|2009
|{{flag|France}}
|{{flagicon|Mauritania}} [[Nouakchott]], [[Mauritania]] 
|[[2009 Nouakchott suicide bombing]]
|-
|2008
|{{flag|Greece}}
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] 
|-
|2009
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|[[2009 Attack on Pakistani embassy in Tehran]]
|-
|2009
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
|[[Hungary%E2%80%93Slovakia_relations#Attack_on_the_Slovak_embassy_in_Budapest|2009 attack on Slovak Embassy in Budapest]]
|-
|2009
|{{flag|India}}
|{{flagicon|Afghanistan}} [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]]
|[[2009 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|[[Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|[[Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|Chile}}
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|[[Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|Germany}}
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|[[Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|The Netherlands}}
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|[[Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|[[Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|[[Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|[[Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|France}}
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|[[Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|-
|2010
|{{flag|Chile}}
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|}

== 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| ]]