{"id":11316,"date":"2017-03-11T12:31:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T12:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/syria-conflict-damascus-twin-bombing-kills-dozens\/"},"modified":"2017-03-11T12:31:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T12:31:18","slug":"syria-conflict-damascus-twin-bombing-kills-dozens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/syria-conflict-damascus-twin-bombing-kills-dozens\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria conflict: Damascus twin bombing &#8216;kills dozens&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A suicide bombing in Damascus in 2016 - such attacks remain uncommon in the capital\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1590B\/production\/_95113388_031363161-1.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Reuters<figcaption>Image caption                                      A suicide bombing in Damascus in 2016 - such attacks remain uncommon in most of the capital                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">At least 30 people have been killed in a twin bomb attack in Syria&#039;s capital, Damascus, monitors and media say.<\/p>\n<p>The attack was close to the Bab al-Saghir cemetery, which houses several Shia mausoleums, state media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Sunni militants often target Shia shrines but attacks in most parts of the capital remain uncommon.<\/p>\n<p>A nationwide truce brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran took effect on 30 December after talks in Kazakhstan, but sporadic attacks continue.<\/p>\n<p>There have been two rounds of talks, with another planned next week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Returning to ruins of East Aleppo<\/li>\n<li>Turkey and Russia: Uneasy allies<\/li>\n<li>Why is there a war in Syria?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Damascus is mostly under the control of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but rebel groups are present in outlying districts of the city.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet clear who was behind the latest attack.<\/p>\n<p>One unconfirmed report said the bombers targeted Shia pilgrims who had been brought to the area by bus. Another, also unconfirmed, said that most of those who died were Iraqis.<\/p>\n<p>The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a roadside bomb blew up as the bus passed and a suicide bomber also detonated explosives.<\/p>\n<p>A double suicide bombing in the Kafr Sousa district of the capital in January killed at least 10 people.<\/p>\n<p>Former al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Fateh al-Sham said it was behind that attack.<\/p>\n<p>The group is excluded from the peace talks and its mainly north-western bases have been regularly targeted by the Syrian army and its Russian allies.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300,000 people have been killed and 11 million others displaced since the uprising against President Assad began in March 2011.<\/p>\n<p><a rel='nofollow' href=http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-39242696 target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright ReutersImage caption A suicide bombing in Damascus in 2016 - such attacks remain uncommon in most of the capital At least 30 people have been killed in a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}