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Syria: Isis attacks kill more than 100 people in Assad's coastal heartlands Syria: Isis attacks kill more than 100 people in Assad's coastal heartlands
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Isis has claimed a series of bomb attacks across regime strongholds in Syria, with at least 100 people killed according to local monitoring groups.Isis has claimed a series of bomb attacks across regime strongholds in Syria, with at least 100 people killed according to local monitoring groups.
A busy bus station and a hospital were among the targets in a rare series of mass-casualty blasts targeting civilians in coastal areas.A busy bus station and a hospital were among the targets in a rare series of mass-casualty blasts targeting civilians in coastal areas.
The attacks included at least five suicide bombings and two car bombs, and hit the Mediterranean cities of Tartous and Jableh firmly within territory loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.The attacks included at least five suicide bombings and two car bombs, and hit the Mediterranean cities of Tartous and Jableh firmly within territory loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
State media confirmed the attacks had taken place, and the Isis-linked Amaq news agency said the militant group was responsible for carrying out the bombings.State media confirmed the attacks had taken place, and the Isis-linked Amaq news agency said the militant group was responsible for carrying out the bombings.
Attacks of this size are rare in parts of the country which are under regime control. Attacks of this size are rare in parts of the country which are under regime control. 
State media has confirmed the attacks but gave a lower death toll.State media has confirmed the attacks but gave a lower death toll.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said they were the first assaults of their kind on the coastal cities. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said they were the first assaults of their kind on the coastal cities. 
It said at least 48 people where killed in Tartous, which is home to a Russian naval base, and a further 53 in Jableh. It said at least 48 people where killed in Tartous, which is home to a Russian naval base, and a further 53 in Jableh. 
Fighting across the war ravaged country has increased dramatically in recent weeks as after peace talks between non-Isis rebel groups and the Assad broke down. Fighting across the war ravaged country has increased dramatically in recent weeks as after peace talks between non-Isis rebel groups and the Assad broke down. 
More follows The regime, with the help of Russian airstrikes, has continued its assault on Aleppo where rebels struggle to hold on to the latest parts of the city under their control. 
Isis are currently being pushed out of the territory they control in Syria and Iraq by a combination of US-led coalition airstrikes and have stepped up suicide attacks on other parts of Iraq and Syria in response.
The Syrian army claimed to have killed over 200 Isis militants in a three-day offensive in Deir ez-Zor last week, although those figures could not be independently verified. 
Earlier this month, a suicide attack claimed by the group killed 10 people in a village near Homs in the centre of the country. 
Twin explosions took place in the main square in Mukharam al Fawkani near the scene of fierce fighting between the group and the army over the Shaer gas field.