1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut

1983 United States embassy bombing - 1983 suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. Article “1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut” in English Wikipedia has 40.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 18 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.14 points.

This article has the best quality in Hebrew Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2026 the article “1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut”, its content was written by 175 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 339 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 297 times in English Wikipedia and cited 583 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #10202 in April 2004
• Global: #30080 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #29508 in September 2024
• Global: #38930 in September 2024

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Hebrew (he) הפיגוע בשגרירות ארצות הברית בביירות (1983)		44.4823
2	English (en) 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut		40.6538
3	Greek (el) Βομβιστική επίθεση στην πρεσβεία των ΗΠΑ στη Βηρυτό (1983)		29.8255
4	German (de) Bombenanschlag auf die US-Botschaft in Beirut 1983		27.4475
5	Persian (fa) انفجار سفارت آمریکا در بیروت (۱۹۸۳)		24.286
6	Spanish (es) Atentado contra la embajada de Estados Unidos en el Líbano de 1983		21.6248
7	Basque (eu) Beiruteko estatubatuar enbaxadaren kontrako atentatua		19.7026
8	Arabic (ar) تفجير السفارة الأمريكية في بيروت		17.6367
9	Chinese (zh) 1983年美國駐黎巴嫩大使館爆炸案		16.1925
10	French (fr) Attaque contre l'ambassade américaine à Beyrouth		14.2231

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut		1 149 505
2	German (de) Bombenanschlag auf die US-Botschaft in Beirut 1983		62 100
3	Arabic (ar) تفجير السفارة الأمريكية في بيروت		56 306
4	Spanish (es) Atentado contra la embajada de Estados Unidos en el Líbano de 1983		52 383
5	Japanese (ja) アメリカ大使館爆破事件 (1983年)		52 021
6	French (fr) Attaque contre l'ambassade américaine à Beyrouth		50 910
7	Persian (fa) انفجار سفارت آمریکا در بیروت (۱۹۸۳)		47 411
8	Italian (it) Attentato all'ambasciata degli Stati Uniti di Beirut		25 119
9	Portuguese (pt) Atentado contra a embaixada dos Estados Unidos no Líbano em 1983		17 402
10	Dutch (nl) Aanslag op de Amerikaanse ambassade in Beiroet op 18 april 1983		14 368

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut		4 117
2	Persian (fa) انفجار سفارت آمریکا در بیروت (۱۹۸۳)		705
3	Japanese (ja) アメリカ大使館爆破事件 (1983年)		414
4	Italian (it) Attentato all'ambasciata degli Stati Uniti di Beirut		313
5	Spanish (es) Atentado contra la embajada de Estados Unidos en el Líbano de 1983		168
6	German (de) Bombenanschlag auf die US-Botschaft in Beirut 1983		164
7	French (fr) Attaque contre l'ambassade américaine à Beyrouth		120
8	Chinese (zh) 1983年美國駐黎巴嫩大使館爆炸案		105
9	Hebrew (he) הפיגוע בשגרירות ארצות הברית בביירות (1983)		61
10	Dutch (nl) Aanslag op de Amerikaanse ambassade in Beiroet op 18 april 1983		55

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut		175
2	French (fr) Attaque contre l'ambassade américaine à Beyrouth		37
3	Spanish (es) Atentado contra la embajada de Estados Unidos en el Líbano de 1983		26
4	German (de) Bombenanschlag auf die US-Botschaft in Beirut 1983		23
5	Dutch (nl) Aanslag op de Amerikaanse ambassade in Beiroet op 18 april 1983		16
6	Arabic (ar) تفجير السفارة الأمريكية في بيروت		14
7	Italian (it) Attentato all'ambasciata degli Stati Uniti di Beirut		13
8	Persian (fa) انفجار سفارت آمریکا در بیروت (۱۹۸۳)		8
9	Japanese (ja) アメリカ大使館爆破事件 (1983年)		7
10	Hebrew (he) הפיגוע בשגרירות ארצות הברית בביירות (1983)		6

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut		3
2	Japanese (ja) アメリカ大使館爆破事件 (1983年)		1
3	Portuguese (pt) Atentado contra a embaixada dos Estados Unidos no Líbano em 1983		1
4	Arabic (ar) تفجير السفارة الأمريكية في بيروت		0
5	German (de) Bombenanschlag auf die US-Botschaft in Beirut 1983		0
6	Greek (el) Βομβιστική επίθεση στην πρεσβεία των ΗΠΑ στη Βηρυτό (1983)		0
7	Spanish (es) Atentado contra la embajada de Estados Unidos en el Líbano de 1983		0
8	Basque (eu) Beiruteko estatubatuar enbaxadaren kontrako atentatua		0
9	Persian (fa) انفجار سفارت آمریکا در بیروت (۱۹۸۳)		0
10	French (fr) Attaque contre l'ambassade américaine à Beyrouth		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut		297
2	Persian (fa) انفجار سفارت آمریکا در بیروت (۱۹۸۳)		77
3	Arabic (ar) تفجير السفارة الأمريكية في بيروت		65
4	German (de) Bombenanschlag auf die US-Botschaft in Beirut 1983		28
5	French (fr) Attaque contre l'ambassade américaine à Beyrouth		26
6	Chinese (zh) 1983年美國駐黎巴嫩大使館爆炸案		21
7	Japanese (ja) アメリカ大使館爆破事件 (1983年)		15
8	Spanish (es) Atentado contra la embajada de Estados Unidos en el Líbano de 1983		14
9	Portuguese (pt) Atentado contra a embaixada dos Estados Unidos no Líbano em 1983		14
10	Hebrew (he) הפיגוע בשגרירות ארצות הברית בביירות (1983)		7

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تفجير السفارة الأمريكية في بيروت
de	German Bombenanschlag auf die US-Botschaft in Beirut 1983
el	Greek Βομβιστική επίθεση στην πρεσβεία των ΗΠΑ στη Βηρυτό (1983)
en	English 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut
es	Spanish Atentado contra la embajada de Estados Unidos en el Líbano de 1983
eu	Basque Beiruteko estatubatuar enbaxadaren kontrako atentatua
fa	Persian انفجار سفارت آمریکا در بیروت (۱۹۸۳)
fr	French Attaque contre l'ambassade américaine à Beyrouth
he	Hebrew הפיגוע בשגרירות ארצות הברית בביירות (1983)
it	Italian Attentato all'ambasciata degli Stati Uniti di Beirut
ja	Japanese アメリカ大使館爆破事件 (1983年)
nl	Dutch Aanslag op de Amerikaanse ambassade in Beiroet op 18 april 1983
pt	Portuguese Atentado contra a embaixada dos Estados Unidos no Líbano em 1983
uk	Ukrainian Напад на американське посольство в Бейруті (1983)
zh	Chinese 1983年美國駐黎巴嫩大使館爆炸案

Best Rank

English: #29508 09.2024

Global: #38930 09.2024

Best Rank

English: #10202 04.2004

Global: #30080 04.2004

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