ANKARA 

The Daesh/ISIS terror organization claimed responsibility Friday for a motorcycle bombing that killed six in the Syrian capital. 

Daesh confirmed on social media that it took responsibility for the explosion.

At least six people were killed and 23 injured when an explosive device planted in a motorcycle near a taxi detonated Thursday in Damascus.

Citing an Interior Ministry statement, Syria's official news agency, SANA, said the bombing occurred in the Sayeda Zainab neighborhood.

*Writing by Gozde Bayar