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Al Qaida-linked Nusra Front claims responsibility for Damascus bombings

A day after Levant Swords rebel group said it was involved in the double bombing that killed 74 people, al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front claimed responsibility for the attack on Shia pilgrims, a media report said on Sunday. Nusra front also claimed that the Shia Iraqis were not pilgrims to shrines in Damascus but fighters supporting the …

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March 12, 2017

Damascus bombings: Toll rises to 44

At least 44 people were killed on Saturday and scores injured in a double bombing attack on buses of Shia pilgrims parked outside a cemetery here, a war monitor based in Britain said. The Syrian Observatory for Human rights said the two explosions happened in the historic centre of Bab-al-Saghir cemetery area here, Efe news …

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March 11, 2017