Multiple Terrorist Blasts Hit Syrian Coastal Cities: More than 78 Martyred

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Multiple explosions hit the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous Monday, martyring and wounding a number of people in an area that has up to now escaped the worst of the conflict, state-run TV said.

At least two of the blasts were suicide bombs, the so-called 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.

A source at Lattakia Police Command said that 45 people were killed and others, mostly women and children, were injured, in the terrorist attacks hit Jableh city.

SANA news agencey reported that twin terrorist bombings targeted the main entrance of the bus station in Jableh city and another terrorist bombing happened near Jableh electricity Directorate on the outskirts of al-Amara residential neighborhood.

A fourth bombing happened as a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of emergency department at Jableh National Hospital.

In Tartous, it reported that three terrorist bombings rocked the province this morning leaving more than 33 people killed and 47 others injured. The blast hit a residential area.

The report added that a car bomb exploded at the bus station gate, while a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the station.

According to the report, another terrorist blew himself up in the residential suburb located in front of the bus station to the west of the city.

Accordingly, the Daesh [Arabic acronym for "ISIS" / "ISIL"] Takfiri group claimed the bombings in the two Syrian costal cities.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team