ISIS shrine attack prevented in Damascus

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.
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'
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 Intelligence Says Thwarted IS Attempt To Blow Up Shiite Shrine
Syrian authorities foiled an attempt by Islamic State group jihadists to blow up a revered Shiite shrine in a Damascus suburb, a source within Syria's intelligence agency told state new agency SANA on 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
Syria says it foiled ISIS attempt to bomb Damascus shrine
Syria's Intelligence Directorate foiled an attempt by ISIS to bomb the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine in the capital Damascus, state news agency Sana reported on Saturday. It said members of an ISIS cell were arrested before they could carry out an attack on the shrine,

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