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Toll in Islamic State suicide blasts in Syrian capital rise to 60 - monitor


    AMMAN (Reuters) - More than 60 people, including 25 Shi'ite fighters, have been killed in twin suicide bombings by Islamic State in a heavily guarded pro-government district of the Syrian capital where an important Shi'ite shrine is located, a monitor said.

    The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the casualties were expected to rise from the suicide attacks in a district in southern Damascus where Lebanonese militant group Hezbollah and other Iraqi and Iranian militias have a strong presence.

    (Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Editing by Angus MacSwan)