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Syria intelligence says thwarted ISIS attempt to bomb Shia shrine

Syria intelligence says thwarted ISIS attempt to bomb Shia shrine
# 11 January 2025 16:20 (UTC +04:00)

Syrian authorities foiled an attempt by ISIS to blow up a revered Shia shrine in a Damascus suburb, a source within Syria’s intelligence agency told state news agency SANA Saturday, APA reports. 

Intelligence and security forces “succeeded in thwarting an attempt by IS to carry out a bombing inside the Sayyida Zaynab shrine,” the source said.

The interior ministry posted pictures of four men it identified as members of an ISIS cell, arrested in the countryside outside the capital.

Shia shrines are a frequent target of attacks by Sunni extremists of ISIS, both in Syria and neighboring Iraq.

ISIS previously targeted the Damascus shrine, claiming a July 2023 bombing that killed at least six people near the mausoleum.

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