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Families are being torn apart by the Refugee Crisis
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Bombing of Syrian refugee camp could be war crime, says UN chief
Airstrikes leave dozens dead in camp near Sarmada, with MSF saying attack shows civilians are paying price for conflict
Kareem Shaheen in Beirut
Friday 6 May 2016 22.45 AEST
The aftermath of the bombing of the al-Kammouneh refugee camp in Syria.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Shia shrine near Damascus hit by double bomb attack
At least eight killed as suicide attacker and car bomb target entrance to Sayyida Zeinab shrine south of Damascus
Syrians gather around burning buildings after the attack at the Sayyida Zeinab shrine.
Photograph: Uncredited/AP
Agence France-Presse
Saturday 11 June 2016 20.44 AEST
Last modified on Saturday 11 June 2016 22.07 AEST
A double bomb attack outside a Shia shrine near Syria’s capital has killed at least eight people in the latest in repeated deadly strikes on the revered site, state media said.
The official Sana news agency said a suicide bomber and a car bomb struck at the entrance to the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, which is revered by Shia Muslims around the world.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitoring group, reported a higher toll of at least 12 people killed and 30 wounded in the blasts.
The shrine, about 10km (six miles) south of the centre of Damascus, is heavily guarded by pro-government forces but has still been the target of several jihadi attacks, including those claimed by Islamic State.
Syria’s official Al Ekhbariya channel showed images from the scene of burnt-out cars with billowing plumes of black smoke. Firefighters battled to extinguish the flames as shop signs lay in the street.
The last attack on Sayyida Zeinab on 25 April killed at least seven and wounded dozens.
A string of Isis bombings near the shrine in February left 134 people dead, most of them civilians, according to the Observatory. And in January, another attack claimed by Isis killed 70 people.
Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah cited the threat to Sayyida Zeinab as a principal reason for its intervention in Syria’s civil war on the side of Bashar al-Assad.
The shrine contains the grave of Zeinab, a venerated granddaughter of the prophet Muhammad, and is renowned for its glistening golden, onion-shaped dome.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/11/shia-shrine-near-damascus-hit-by-double-bomb-attack
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Bombing of Syrian refugee camp could be war crime, says UN chief
Airstrikes leave dozens dead in camp near Sarmada, with MSF saying attack shows civilians are paying price for conflict
Kareem Shaheen in Beirut
Friday 6 May 2016 22.45 AEST
The aftermath of the bombing of the al-Kammouneh refugee camp in Syria.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Shia shrine near Damascus hit by double bomb attack
At least eight killed as suicide attacker and car bomb target entrance to Sayyida Zeinab shrine south of Damascus
Syrians gather around burning buildings after the attack at the Sayyida Zeinab shrine.
Photograph: Uncredited/AP
Agence France-Presse
Saturday 11 June 2016 20.44 AEST
Last modified on Saturday 11 June 2016 22.07 AEST
A double bomb attack outside a Shia shrine near Syria’s capital has killed at least eight people in the latest in repeated deadly strikes on the revered site, state media said.
The official Sana news agency said a suicide bomber and a car bomb struck at the entrance to the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, which is revered by Shia Muslims around the world.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitoring group, reported a higher toll of at least 12 people killed and 30 wounded in the blasts.
The shrine, about 10km (six miles) south of the centre of Damascus, is heavily guarded by pro-government forces but has still been the target of several jihadi attacks, including those claimed by Islamic State.
Syria’s official Al Ekhbariya channel showed images from the scene of burnt-out cars with billowing plumes of black smoke. Firefighters battled to extinguish the flames as shop signs lay in the street.
The last attack on Sayyida Zeinab on 25 April killed at least seven and wounded dozens.
A string of Isis bombings near the shrine in February left 134 people dead, most of them civilians, according to the Observatory. And in January, another attack claimed by Isis killed 70 people.
Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah cited the threat to Sayyida Zeinab as a principal reason for its intervention in Syria’s civil war on the side of Bashar al-Assad.
The shrine contains the grave of Zeinab, a venerated granddaughter of the prophet Muhammad, and is renowned for its glistening golden, onion-shaped dome.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/11/shia-shrine-near-damascus-hit-by-double-bomb-attack
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