Blasts kill more than 120 in Syrian government-held cities
- 8 years ago
Bomb blasts killed scores of people in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous on Monday, and wounded many others in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, monitors and state media said.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks in the Mediterranean cites that have up to now escaped the worst of the conflict, saying it was targeting members of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 120 people were killed.
State media said 78 people died in the attacks on Assad's coastal heartland.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks in the Mediterranean cites that have up to now escaped the worst of the conflict, saying it was targeting members of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 120 people were killed.
State media said 78 people died in the attacks on Assad's coastal heartland.