At least 101 people were killed on Monday in two Syrian regime bastions in a spate of bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.
Fifty-three people were killed in the city of Jableh and another 48 died in Tartus further south, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said they were "without a doubt the deadliest attacks" on the two cities since Syria's conflict erupted in March 2011.
The Islamic State group claimed the attacks via its Amaq news agency, saying IS fighters had attacked "Alawite gatherings" in Tartus and Jableh.
Seven bombs -- most of them suicide attacks -- hit Jableh and Tartus almost simultaneously on Monday morning.
Syrian state media also reported the attacks but gave a total of 78 dead.
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