ISLAMIC STATE GROUP
Syrian intelligence agency thwarts attack
IN THIS PHOTO RELEASED BY SYRIAN STATE TV, FOUR SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED PLOT BY ISIS ARE SHOWN STANDING AGAINST A WALL IN DAMASCUS, SYRIA, SATURDAY, JAN. 11, 2025. SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS, OPERATING UNDER THE COUNTRY’S NEW DE FACTO GOVERNMENT, THWARTED AN ATTEMPT BY ISIS TO DETONATE A BOMB AT THE SHIITE SHRINE OF SAYYIDA ZAYNAB IN THE DAMASCUS SUBURB, ACCORDING TO STATE MEDIA REPORTS ON SATURDAY.(SYRIAN STATE TV VIA AP)
The group had planned to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab. PAGE A6