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title: "Huge Explosion in Damascus, Syria"
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**Shia Muslims targeted…..**

> BREAKING NEWS: Huge explosion in Sayyeda Zainab in Damascus, where thousands of Shia Muslims visit each year for mourning during Ashoura. 
> 
> Casualties reported. [pic.twitter.com/I9M94KgCof](https://t.co/I9M94KgCof)
> 
> — The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) [July 27, 2023](https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1684596977604894722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)





[Jerusalem Post ](https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-752785)

> **A bomb planted in a taxi exploded outside the Sayeda Zeinab shrine city south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, wounding an unspecified number of people, Syrian state media reported.**