At least 40 people have been killed and dozens wounded in five explosions across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria. According to state media reports, this morning’s blasts hit the coastal city of Tartous, the central city of Homs, the suburbs of the capital Damascus as well as the northeastern city of Hasaka, which is mostly controlled by Kurdish forces.
The blast in Hasaka was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group. State media said at least 11 people were killed and 45 injured in a double bomb attack just outside Tartous, which is a base of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.