Nearly 150 Killed in Attacks on Assad Strongholds in Syrian Coastal Cities

ISIS claims responsibility for suicide and car bomb attack on packed bus station in Tartus, launch of three rockets onto Jableh; both cities are Alawite strongholds in normally quiet coastal areas.

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Bomb blasts killed nearly 150 people and wounded at least 200 in Jableh and Tartous on Syria's Mediterranean coast on Monday in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, monitors and state media said.

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