The Regional Security Office is staffed by Special Agents of the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), and is responsible for all security, protection, and law enforcement operations in the embassy or consulate. The Regional Security Officer (RSO) is the senior DSS Special Agent in country and is the principal advisor to the Chief of Mission (generally an Ambassador or Consul General) on all security, law-enforcement, and counter-terrorism issues for that country or region. The RSO is responsible for liaising with host government security and law enforcement officials. The RSO is supported by technical security specialists and a force of local guards.
Date | Location | Details | Deaths |
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26 September 1971 | Phnom Penh | Attack on embassy softball game | 1 |
1972 | Manila | Attack by communist group, Marine guard wounded | none |
19 August 1974 | Nicosia | Riot outside Embassy; Ambassador and assistant shot by sniper | 2 |
4 August 1975 | Kuala Lumpur | Japanese Red Army gunmen raid Embassy | none |
21 November 1979 | Islamabad | Islamist riots destroy Embassy (see 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Islamabad) | 2 |
2 December 1979 | Tripoli | Islamist riots destroy Embassy (see 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Libya) | none |
18 April 1983 | Beirut | Islamic Jihad car bomb destroys Embassy (see April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing) | 63 |
12 December 1983 | Kuwait City | al-Dawa truck bomb outside Embassy | 6 |
20 September 1984 | Beirut | Hezbollah truck bomb outside Embassy | 24 |
November 1984 | Bogotá | Car bomb outside Embassy planted by drug cartel | 1 |
February 1986 | Lisbon | Popular Forces of 25 April car bomb outside Embassy | none |
14 May 1986 | Jakarta | Japanese Red Army mortar barrage | none |
9 June 1987 | Rome | Japanese Red Army mortar barrage | none |
17 September 1989 | Bogotá | RPG fired on Embassy by unknown assailant | none |
27 July 1993 | Lima | Car bomb outside Embassy planted by Shining Path | none |
13 September 1995 | Moscow | RPG fired on Embassy by unknown assailant | none |
21 June 1998 | Beirut | RPG fired on Embassy by Hezbollah | none |
7 August 1998 | Nairobi and Dar es Salaam | al-Qaeda simultaneously attacks both Embassies with truck bombs (more details) | 224 |
22 January 2002 | Calcutta | Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami gunmen attack Consulate | 5 |
14 June 2002 | Karachi | al-Qaeda truck bomb detonates outside Consulate (more details) | 12 |
12 October 2002 | Denpasar | Consular Office bombed by Jemaah Islamiyah as part of the Bali bombings | none |
28 February 2003 | Islamabad | Unknown gunmen attack Embassy | 2 |
30 June 2004 | Tashkent | Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan suicide bomber attacks Embassy | 2 |
6 December 2004 | Jeddah | al-Qaeda gunmen raid diplomatic compound | 9 |
2 March 2006 | Karachi | Car bomb explodes outside Embassy unknown | 2 |
12 September 2006 | Damascus | Gunmen raid US Embassy | 4 |
12 January 2007 | Athens | RPG Fired at Embassy by Revolutionary Struggle | none |
18 March 2008 | Sana'a | Mortar attack against US Embassy | 2 |
9 July 2008 | Istanbul | Armed attack against Consulate (more details) | 6 |
17 September 2008 | Sana'a | Two car bombs outside US embassy in Yemeni capital | 16 |
5 April 2010 | Peshawar | An attack near the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills two consulate security guards and at least six others | 8 |