Part of the Eastern Syrian insurgency and the American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War
Location
Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Date
16 January 2019
Target
American military personnel
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Weapons
Bomb
Deaths
19[1]
10 civilians
1 US soldier
1 US sailor
1 American contractor
1 DOD civilian employee
5 local escorts
Injured
3 US servicemen
Perpetrators
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
The Manbij bombing occurred on 16 January 2019 when a suicide bomber targeted a busy market street in Manbij known to be frequented by American soldiers during the Syrian civil war.
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Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011)
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Raqqa
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Tabqa
Turkish airstrikes
Raqqa City
Ja'Din
1st Deir ez-Zor
Eastern insurgency
2018
Olive Branch
Afrin
Northern Aleppo insurgency
4th al-Qamishli
Northern border clashes
2019
2nd Manbij
Baghuz Fawqani
Tell Rifaat
Rojava offensive
2nd Ras al-Ayn
2020
2020–2021 Ayn Issa clashes
2021
5th al-Qamishli & 4th al-Hasakah
6th al-Qamishli
2022
5th al-Hasakah
Claw-Sword
2023
Turkish Airstrikes
2nd Deir ez-Zor
^"4 members of the Coalition, 15 of the civilians and local members die in the first bombing of its kind by a suicide bomber targeting the Coalition since it entered Syria". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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