Syria, Shia and Islamic State

Syrian intelligence says it thwarted ISIL attempt to blow up Shia shrine
Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt by ISIL (ISIS) fighters to blow up a revered Shia shrine in a Damascus suburb, state news agency SANA has reported. Intelligence and security forces “succeeded in thwarting an attempt by ISIL to carry out a bombing inside the Sayyida Zeinab shrine”,
Syrian intelligence agency says it thwarted a planned Islamic State attack on a Shiite shrine
Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government say they have thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab.
Syria's new government says it thwarted Islamic State attack on Shia shrine
The new Syrian government announced on Saturday that it had foiled an attack by the Islamic State group (IS) targeting the Sayyida Zeinab Shia shrine in the south of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
Syria intelligence says thwarted ISIS attempt to bomb Shia shrine
Intelligence and security forces “succeeded in thwarting an attempt by ISIS to carry out a bombing inside the Sayyeda Zainab shrine”, the source said. The interior ministry posted pictures of four men it identified as members of an ISIS cell, arrested in the countryside outside the capital.
New Syrian authorities thwart Islamic State attack on Shi'ite shrine
The new government's intelligence services are using 'all capabilities to face all attempts targeting the Syrian people in all its components'
Thwarted IS attack on Shi’ite shrine: Syria
Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, state media reported Saturday.
Syrian Intelligence Thwarts Islamic State Attack on Shiite Shrine
Syrian intelligence officials announced Saturday that they had foiled an Islamic State (IS) plan to bomb the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, a Shiite pilgrimage site in a Damascus suburb. The
Syrian intelligence says it foiled ISIL attempt to blow up Shia shrine
Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt by ISIL (ISIS) fighters to blow up a revered Shia shrine in a Damascus suburb, state news agency SANA reported.
Syrian intelligence agency says it thwarted a planned Islamic State attack on a Shia shrine
Intelligence officials in Syria's new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shia shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, state media reported Saturday.
Syrian intelligence says it thwarted Daesh attack on Sayeda Zeinab shrine
The foiled attack will stoke fears that Daesh is hoping to stage a comeback in Syria following the fall of Assad's regime
Syrian authorities confirm to TML: ISIS shrine attack prevented in Damascus
Syria's Interior Ministry vowed to act decisively against any group attempting to exploit instability in certain areas of the country to carry out attacks, with a particular focus on combating ISIS.
Why is Islamic State targeting the revered Sayyida Zaynab shrine in Syria? The shrine belongs to..., related to Prophet Muhammad from...
The Sayyida Zaynab shrine, located 10 kilometers south of Damascus, is a center of faith for Shia pilgrims from all over the ...
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Syrian authorities 'foil' ISIL plot to target Sayyida Zeinab shrine
Syrian intelligence foiled an ISIL plan to bomb the Sayyida Zeinab shrine in Damascus, arresting suspects and seizing ...
Hyderabad: Koh-e- Moula Ali shrine all decked up for ongoing Islamic month of Rajab
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