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Daesh Claims Responsibility for Multiple Deadly South Damascus Blasts

© REUTERS / Ali HashishoAn Islamic State flag hangs amid electric wires over a street.
An Islamic State flag hangs amid electric wires over a street. - Sputnik International
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Daesh militant group claimed responsibility for the attacks in Sayyidah Zaynab in the shiite part of the Syrian capital Damascus which killed at least 70 people, according Lebanese media.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Islamic State (ISIL or Daesh) jihadist group said it was behind the multiple suicide blasts and a car bomb attack in the southern Damascus district home to a Shiite shrine, Lebanese media reported Sunday.

Aftermath of a double terrorist attack in the Shia district of Sayyidah Zaynab in Damascus (File) - Sputnik International
Several Blasts Rock Syrian Capital’s Sayyidah Zaynab Shiite Quarter
Daesh claimed responsibility for the attacks in Sayyidah Zaynab, Al Mayadeen broadcaster said without citing sources.

An unnamed source in the Syrian government militia told RIA Novosti earlier that the death toll neared 70 in the three suicide attacks and one car bomb explosion.

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