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UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Condemns Double Blast in Damascus

© AFP 2023 / Louai BesharaSyrian security forces and locals gather at the scene of a bombing following twin attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims in Damascus' Old City on March 11, 2017, in one of the bloodiest attacks in the Syrian capital
Syrian security forces and locals gather at the scene of a bombing following twin attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims in Damascus' Old City on March 11, 2017, in one of the bloodiest attacks in the Syrian capital - Sputnik International
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The United Nations has condemned a recent twin bombing in the Syrian capital's Bab Mousalla district, which killed dozens of people, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Ali Zatari said Saturday in a statement obtained by Sputnik.

DAMASCUS (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said that that about 40 Iraqi citizens had been killed and over 100 injured as a result of a twin blast in the Syrian capital. According to the ministry, Iraqis were visiting the sacred tombs in the Bab al-Saghir district.

"The United Nations has expressed regret over the killing of innocent people in Damascus al-Shagur quarter as a result of the blast conducted by terrorists today in the morning, which left 40 civilians dead and a many injured," Zatari said.

The civil war in Syria has been lasting for around six years with government troops fighting against numerous opposition factions and terror organizations such as al-Nusra Front and Daesh, outlawed in Russia.

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