More than 120 people have been killed in multiple attacks claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group in areas controlled by the Syrian government, a monitoring group said.
Syrian state TV also reported the attacks, putting the death toll at 78.Simultaneous car bombs and suicide bombers hit bus stations, hospitals and elsewhere in the coastal cities of Tartus and Jableh in Latakia province on Monday, appearing to severely breach government defenses, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Footage broadcast of what it said were scenes of the blasts in Jableh showed several twisted and incinerated cars and minivans.Pictures circulated on social media showed dead bodies in the back of pick-up vans and charred body parts on the ground.