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Once A Pro-Iran Bastion, Damascus Shrine District Now In Rebel Hands

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The shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, believed to hold the grave of the granddaughter of the Islamic Prophet Mohammed, in south Damascus

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Shortly before Sunni Islamist-led rebels swept into the Syrian capital, Iran-backed guards fled their positions at the gates a revered Shiite shrine in…

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Once A Pro-Iran Bastion, Damascus Shrine District Now In Rebel Hands

Shortly before Sunni Islamist-led rebels swept into the Syrian capital, Iran-backed guards fled their positions at the gates a revered Shiite shrine in a Damascus suburb.

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