[BBC] A Syrian jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda has grabbed credit for a twin bombing on Friday in the capital Damascus that killed at least 40.Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said the attack was "a message to Iran" over the country's support for Syrian president Bashar al Assad.
That's be al-Nusra, wearing its new false nose and mustache.
The majority of dead were Iraqi pilgrims, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Observatory put the corpse count at 74, but the figure was not confirmed.
The blast maimed 120, according to Iraq's government. According to the Observatory, the attack consisted of a roadside kaboom detonated as a bus passed, and a suicide kaboom.
| The Times of Israel calls the group the Levant Liberation Committee, for some reason. |