Sayyida Zeinab has been the site of past attacks on Shiite pilgrims by IS.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Intelligence officials in Syria's new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, state media reported Saturday. World News | Syrian Intelligence Agency Says It Thwarted Planned Islamic State Attack on Shiite Shrine.

Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government say they have thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab.