{"id":31622,"date":"2017-01-06T02:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T02:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/jableh-hit-by-car-bomb-attack-11-people-killed\/"},"modified":"2017-01-06T02:13:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T02:13:27","slug":"jableh-hit-by-car-bomb-attack-11-people-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/jableh-hit-by-car-bomb-attack-11-people-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Jableh hit by car bomb attack, 11 people killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{At least 11 killed and 35 others wounded in government-controlled town in Latakia province, state news agency reports.}<\/p>\n<p>At least 11 people have been killed and 35 others wounded in a car bomb attack on the Syrian government-held coastal town of Jableh, state media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s attack in Latakia province is the first such explosion since a new ceasefire, brokered by Russia and Turkey, took effect last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A terrorist car bomb attack took place near the Municipal Stadium in Jableh,&#8221; state news agency SANA said.<\/p>\n<p>Jableh is close to a Russian air base and located in the heartland of Syria&#8217;s Alawites, a Shia offshoot to which President Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s family also belongs.<\/p>\n<p>Latakia province police chief Yasser al-Shariti told state TV the explosion hit during rush hour in one of the city&#8217;s main streets.<\/p>\n<p>State TV showed footage of mangled cars and shutters of shops damaged and blown apart as rescue workers cleared the debris amid a heavy security presence in the bustling commercial area near a popular vegetable market and a garage depot.<\/p>\n<p>As most of Syria\u2019s government-held coastal cities and towns, Jableh has enjoyed relative stability during the almost six-year conflict. <\/p>\n<p>In May, however, a string of blasts hit first a crowded bus station in the city, then outside a hospital that was receiving the wounded. About 120 people died in that attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.<\/p>\n<p>No group immediately claimed responsibility for Thursday&#8217;s bombing. ISIL and several other groups are not part of the broad truce that the government and the opposition agreed on recently.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-17487 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/4ddb9c6c5e344364855e3c4cc94da5ac_18.jpg\" alt=\"State television showed footage of mangled cars and shutters of shops damaged and blown apart \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{At least 11 killed and 35 others wounded in government-controlled town in Latakia province, state news agency reports.} At least 11 people have been killed and 35 others wounded in a car bomb attack on the Syrian government-held coastal town of Jableh, state media reported. 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