An explosive planted in a taxi Thursday detonated in a Damascus suburb near the Sayida Zeinab shrine, and there were reports of several casualties.
The Britain-based opposition war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 10 people were killed or wounded in the explosion.
The Observatory said a woman was among those who died and that her three children were wounded. The Observatory added that the explosion took place close to positions of Iranian militias.
In a video shared on social media, people carried two men covered in blood and dust off the ground while calling for help. The glass facades of shops nearby had shattered, while one was on fire.
Earlier this week, two people were wounded in a separate blast outside the shrine.
