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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 05:46 PM Jan 2016

Syria conflict: Dozens killed near Sayyida Zeinab shrine

Source: BBC

At least 50 people have died in blasts near the Shia shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of Syria's capital Damascus.

A bus station and a building housing military headquarters were hit by the blasts, which mangled nearby vehicles.

It happened as the government and opposition groups gathered in Geneva in a bid to start talks aimed at a political solution to the conflict.

The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, was aimed at disrupting the talks, the EU said.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35454359



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