ISIS admits fatal bombing of Sayyida Zeinab preacher in Damascus
2026-05-07T22:04:44+00:00
Shafaq News- Damascus
ISIS on Thursday claimed responsibility for the killing of Sheikh Farhan al-Mansour, the preacher of Syria’s Sayyida Zeinab shrine, days after a bomb exploded in Damascus.
In its weekly al-Naba newspaper, the group reported that its operatives planted and detonated a sticky bomb inside al-Mansour’s car near the Safir al-Zahraa Hotel on al-Fatimiya Street following Friday prayers. The reason for the killing was not disclosed.
Syria’s Ministry of Endowments swiftly condemned the attack, describing it as a criminal act, and warned that such assaults pose a direct threat to civil peace and undermine Syrian unity and social cohesion.
