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           Multiple Blasts in Syrian Coastal Cities Leave Scores Dead

   by VOA News

   A series of bomb blasts in two Syrian coastal cities left at least 100
   people dead and dozens wounded Monday, according to Syrian state
   television and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

   Four bombs, including at least one suicide attack, exploded in Jableh,
   a government stronghold along the Mediterranean coast.

   Syria's state news agency SANA said three rockets were launched into
   Jableh, hitting a bus station near the entrance to the town. At least
   53 people were killed in that attack, the Syrian Observatory said.

   Another three bombs, at least one of which was a suicide attack, hit
   the city of Tartus, about 60 kilometers south of Jableh, in what
   Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman called an "unprecedented" attack.

   Again, the terrorists targeted a crowded bus station, SANA reported.
   The TV report said at least one suicide bomber blew himself up near the
   station, and was followed minutes later by a car bomber. Another 48
   people died in that attack, according to Rahman.

   A news agency linked to the Islamic State group credited the Islamic
   extremists with the attack.

   "Attacks by IS fighters hit Alawite gatherings in Tartus and Jableh on
   the Syria coast," the Amaq news agency said on Twitter, referring to
   the minority from which President Bashar al-Assad hails.
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