More
than 148 people were killed in bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in
northwestern Syria, the deadliest attacks to date in the regime's coastal
heartland yesterday.
Seven
near-simultaneous explosions targeted bus stations, hospitals and other civilian
sites in the seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus, which until now had been
relatively insulated from Syria's five-year war.
The
attacks on strongholds of President Bashar al-Assad's regime came as IS faces
mounting pressure in Syria and neighbouring Iraq, where a major offensive to
retake the jihadist-held city of Fallujah is underway.
One
hundred people were killed in Jableh and another 48 in Tartus to the south,
including children.
Observatory
head Rami Abdel Rahman said they were "without a doubt the deadliest
attacks" on the two cities since the start of the war. IS claimed the
blasts in a statement, saying they were in retaliation for Syrian regime and
Russian air strikes against the jihadists and vowed to carry out "more
devastating and bitter attacks".
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