Traffic moves around the new clock tower along Quwatli Street in central Homs, Syria, on Jan. 6, 2025. (Credit: Omar Haj Kadour/ AFP Photo)
Syria’s new authorities announced Saturday that they had foiled an attempted attack by the Islamic State (ISIS) on the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine, a revered Shiite site south of Damascus.
A source from Syrian intelligence, quoted by the state-run news agency Sana, said security forces "successfully thwarted an ISIS attempt to carry out a bombing inside the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine," adding that several people had been arrested.
Syria’s new authorities announced Saturday that they had foiled an attempted attack by the Islamic State (ISIS) on the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine, a revered Shiite site south of Damascus.
A source from Syrian intelligence, quoted by the state-run news agency Sana, said security forces "successfully thwarted an ISIS attempt to carry out a bombing inside the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine," adding that several people had been arrested.
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