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Syrians gather at the site of multiple bombings that left tens dead in the northern coastal city of Jableh, between Latakia and Tartus on May 23, 2016.
At least 101 people were killed in a spate of bombings in two regime bastions along Syria’s coast, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
A total of seven blasts simultaneously, four in Jableh and three in Tartus, hit the two cities on Monday morning. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGERSTRINGER/AFP/Getty Images

Suicide Bomber in Assad Regime Bastion

by Adel al-Salmi | Jan 6, 2017 | Middle East

London- At least 15 people including eight civilians were killed on Thursday in a car blast near the municipality stadium in Latakia’s coastal city of Jableh that includes a majority of Allawites and is the hometown of head of the Syrian regime Bashar Assad’s...

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People inspect the damage after explosions hit the Syrian city of Tartous, in this handout picture provided by SANA. Reuters

U.N. Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Tartous

by Jordan Dakamseh | May 24, 2016 | Middle East

New York-United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of dozens of civilians in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous. A statement attributable to his spokesperson said that the Secretary-General...

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A damaged van in an airstrike in Syria. Reuters

Monitor: More than 120 Dead in Multiple Blasts in Syria Regime Strongholds

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2016 | Middle East

A series of rare explosions killed more than 120 people in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous on Monday, monitors said, in a regime-controlled area that hosts Russian forces. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks in the Mediterranean cities that...