The death toll from bombings claimed by Daesh terrorist group has risen to 71 and wounded dozens more yesterday near a revered Shiite shrine outside the Syrian capital Damascus, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

A car bomb and two suicide bombers attacked the Sayeda Zeinab district,home to Syria's holiest Shi'ite shrine, the SOHR said, adding that 29 civilians, including five children, were also killed in the attack.

Source: MENA