Car Bomb near Damascus Martyrs at Least 8

Local Editor

At least 8 people had been martyred in a car bomb explosion at an army checkpoint to the south of the Syrian capital of Damascus.

The car bomb went off near the military checkpoint in the area of the Sayyida Zeinab Shrine to the south of Damascus on Monday.

Several people were also injured in the attack, which was the third of its kind to hit the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood, where the holy shrine of the granddaughter of Prophet Mohammad [PBUH] is located.

No group had so far claimed responsibility for the blast, but the Takfiri Daesh [Arabic acronym for "ISIS" / "ISIL"] terrorist group had previously been blamed for similar attacks.

Multiple explosions in February martyred scores of people in the Sayyida Zeinab area, in one of the bloodiest attacks there.

A terrorist attack there less than a month earlier claimed by Daesh Takfiris killed 70 people.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team