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Four blasts near Syria Shia sanctuary near Damascus

Published February 21st, 2016 - 03:14 GMT
Smoke and flames billow following an explosion in the Syrian town of Kobani, October 22. (AFP/File)
Smoke and flames billow following an explosion in the Syrian town of Kobani, October 22. (AFP/File)

Multiple explosions have struck a suburban area of the Syrian capital, Damascus, near a Shia sanctuary, Syria's state television reports.

State TV sources said blasts hit al-Tin street in Sayeda Zeinab. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported were four explosions.

Suicide attacks carried out by Daesh killed 60 people in the district where Syria's holiest Shia shrine is located.

Earlier in the day, nearly 50 people also their lives and 100 others sustained injuries in twin bomb attacks targeting a residential neighborhood in Syria's western city of Homs.

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