Beirut: A wave of near-simultaneous bombings Monday in northwestern Syria killed more than 148 people and were claimed by the Islamic State (IS).
Here are the deadliest bomb attacks to hit Syria since a revolt against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad erupted there in March 2011
2011
- December 23: Suicide bombers blow up two vehicles at security premises in Damascus, killing 44 people, including civilians, and wounding 166 others, in the first major attack since the start of the uprising.
2012
- May 10: Fifty-five people are killed and more than 370 wounded when two blasts hit a Damascus highway during morning rush hour, near a security headquarter in the Qazzaz district.
- November 28: A double car-bombing in Jaramana near Damascus kills 54 and wounds 120.
2013
- February 21: At least 83 people are killed when four attacks rip through Damascus, including a car bomb that explodes near ruling Baath party offices.
- March 21: A suicide bomber inside the Iman Mosque in Damascus kills at least 49 people, including a prominent pro-regime Sunni cleric.
2014
- February 14: At least 47 people die when a car bomb explodes in a rebel-held village in the southern Daraa province.
- April 29: At least 100 people, mostly civilians, are killed by twin attacks in Homs that target a majority Alawite neighbourhood. Assad is an Alawite, a branch of Shiia Islam. The attacks are claimed by Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate.
2016
- February 21: Twin attacks claimed by IS strike a majority Alawite district of Homs, killing 64 people. Hours later another attack near a Shiite shrine south of Damascus kills 134 people according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The combined toll of almost 200 deaths is the worst since the Syrian uprising began in 2011.
- May 23: More than 148 people, mostly civilians, are killed by seven near-simultaneous bombings in the predominently Alawite coastal cities of Jableh and Tartus. IS claims the blasts via its Amaq news agency.
AFP
