2016 Sayyidah Zaynab attacks

January 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab massacre
Part of Syrian Civil War
LocationSayyidah Zaynab, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
Date31 January 2016
TargetSayyidah Zaynab Mosque, Shii'te population
Attack type
Mass murder
WeaponsCar bombs
Deaths71 (including 42 Syrian army and Shi'ite fighters)
Injured40+
Perpetrators Islamic State
No. of participants
2+
MotiveSectarian Anti-Shi'ism
February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings
Part of Syrian Civil War
LocationSayyidah Zaynab, Syria
Date21 February 2016
Attack type
Suicide bombing, car bomb
Deaths134
Injured180
Perpetrators Islamic State
MotiveSectarian Anti-Shi'ism

In early 2016 there was a series of bombings in the mainly Shi'ite town of Sayyidah Zaynab in Syria that were attributed to Islamic State.