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Syria conflict: Deadly blasts rock Assad strongholds | |
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At least 65 people have been killed in multiple blasts in Syrian government coastal strongholds, reports say. | |
Explosions hit the cities of Tartous and Jableh. Several of the blasts were suicide bombings, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. | |
State media said packed bus stations and a hospital were among the targets. | |
Attacks of this scale are rare in these areas. A news agency linked to so-called Islamic State (IS) says the jihadist group was behind the attacks. | |
Syrian state TV said at least one suicide bomber on foot and a car bomber hit the bus station in Tartous. | |
The state news agency, Sana, said rockets hit the entrance of another bus station in Jableh, further north. |