ISIS claimed one of the deadliest attacks in Syria on Monday that took more than 148 lives. More than 148 people were killed on Monday in bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria, the deadliest attacks yet in the regime's coastal heartland. State media earlier said 78 people -- 45 in Jableh and 33 in Tartus -- were killed in the bombings. Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said they were "without a doubt the deadliest attacks" on the two cities since the start of the war. Both cities have remained relatively secure even as the war has raged in Latakia province's rural northeast and throughout the country.

Source: dna May 23, 2016 12:07 UTC