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IS blasts in Syria regime heartland kill more than 148

by Rim Haddad and Maher Al Mounes DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — More than 148 people were killed Monday in bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria, the deadliest attacks to date in the regime’s coastal heartland. Seven near-simultaneous explosions targeted bus stations, hospitals and other civilian sites in the seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus, which until now had been relatively insulated from Syria’s five-year war. The attacks on strongholds of President […]