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Sunday, January 31, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, January 31, 2016
IS claims deadly Damascus bombings
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Islamic State group on Sunday claims responsibility for bombings near a revered Shiite shrine outside the Syrian capital Damascus that killed at least 45 people.
In a statement circulated on social media, the jihadist group says two of its members had detonated suicide bombs near the Sayyida Zeinab shrine.
“Two soldiers of the caliphate carried out martyrdom operations in a den of the infidels in the Sayyida Zeinab area, killing nearly 50 and injuring around 120,” the group says.
— AFP
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