Twin bombs killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 100 in the Old City of Damascus on Saturday in a rare attack in the Syrian capital, a monitoring group and state media said.
A roadside bomb detonated as a bus passed and a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Bab al-Saghir area, which houses several Shia mausoleums that draw pilgrims from around the world, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The SANA state news agency reported that "two bombs planted by terrorists exploded near the Bab al-Saghir cemetery in Bab Musalla", killing 33 people and injuring more than 100 others.
Hezbollah`s al-Manar TV put the death toll at 40.
Al-Mayadeen, a pro-government TV station based in Lebanon, said the bombings targeted buses of Shia pilgrims.
The Bab al-Saghir cemetery is located near one of the seven gates of the Old City of Damascus.
Source: Al Jazeera