Multiple explosions carried out by the Islamic State hit the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartus Monday, killing at least 100 people and wounding dozens in an area that has up to now escaped the worst of the conflict, activists and state-run TV said.
At least two of the blasts were suicide bombs, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, putting the total number of explosions at seven - four in Jableh, in Latakia province, and three in Tartous province's capital farther south.
State-run Ikhbariya news channel broadcast what it said were scenes of one of the blasts in Jableh, showing several twisted and incinerated cars and minivans.
Ikhbariya reported in a news flash that three explosions hit Jableh. It described the blasts as terrorist attacks.
State TV said one blast in Jableh took place near the government hospital.
It said one of the Tartus explosions was a car bomb, and that another was from a suicide bomber. The blasts hit a residential area, it said. (Agencies)
At least two of the blasts were suicide bombs, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, putting the total number of explosions at seven - four in Jableh, in Latakia province, and three in Tartous province's capital farther south.
State-run Ikhbariya news channel broadcast what it said were scenes of one of the blasts in Jableh, showing several twisted and incinerated cars and minivans.
Ikhbariya reported in a news flash that three explosions hit Jableh. It described the blasts as terrorist attacks.
State TV said one blast in Jableh took place near the government hospital.
It said one of the Tartus explosions was a car bomb, and that another was from a suicide bomber. The blasts hit a residential area, it said. (Agencies)
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