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Syria intelligence says thwarted IS attempt to blow up Shiite shrine

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2025-01-11 | 06:18

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Syria intelligence says thwarted IS attempt to blow up Shiite shrine

Syrian authorities foiled an attempt by Islamic State group jihadists to blow up a revered Shiite shrine in a Damascus suburb, a source within Syria's intelligence agency told state news agency SANA on Saturday.

Intelligence and security forces "succeeded in thwarting an attempt by IS to carry out a bombing inside the Sayyida Zainab shrine," the source said, adding they had arrested several people.

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