The General Director of the Hospital; Dr. Haidar al-Bahadli has stated: "The hospital administration once the instructions were issued by the General Secretariat of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine to prepare all medical and therapeutic supplies for the 37 wounded. A medical team from inside and outside Iraq supervises their health condition, each according to his case, and that all the provided services are free of charge."
It is to note that two bombings have occurred on Saturday near the cemetery of Bab Sghir in the area of Msalla gate in Shaghur neighborhood in the old city of Damascus, and according to the statement of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs there was 40 martyrs and 120 Iraqi civilians were injured while they were performing their Ziyarat of the holy shrines in the region.