Suicide bomber kills one in Syria regime stronghold: state TV

A suicide bomb attack killed at least one person and wounded another three in the regime stronghold of Latakia in northwestern Syria today, state television said.
"A terrorist attack hit near the Khulafa al-Rashideen mosque in the Daatur district of Latakia as people emerged from afternoon prayers," state television said, adding that three people were wounded.
Official news agency SANA said a motorcycle bomb was behind the attack in the coastal city.
Last month bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in the nearby seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus killed at least 170 people.
IS is not known to have a significant presence in Syria's coastal provinces, where its jihadist rival, the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front, is much more prominent.

But IS, notorious for using deadly sleeper cells to attack its enemies, suggested the creation of a "Wilayat al-Sahel" or Islamic province for the coastal area.
At least 280,000 people have been killed and millions displaced from their homes since the war started with the brutal repression of anti-regime protests in 2011.