Bombs kill 72 in Syria regime bastions

Another 38 died in four bombings, three of them suicide blasts, in Jableh further north

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AFPPTI Beirut
Last Updated : May 23 2016 | 2:54 PM IST
A spate of bombings in two Syrian regime stronghold cities killed at least 72 people and wounded 120 today, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Thirty-four people were killed in three bombings - at least two of them suicide attacks - in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tartus, the monitoring group said.

Another 38 died in four bombings, three of them suicide blasts, in Jableh further north, the Observatory said.

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First Published: May 23 2016 | 2:42 PM IST

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