Over 100 mennesker fryktes drept etter at sju bomber ble sprengt på ulike steder i byene Jableh og Tartus i Latakia-provinsen i Syria. Terroristgruppa Ahrar Al Sham skal ha påtatt seg ansvaret for massemordet, skriver AlAlam. Seinere skal også Den islamske staten ha sagt at de sto bak.
As many as 45 people were killed when four blasts ripped through the coastal city of Jableh, 25 km from the Syrian port city of Latakia, Xinhua news agency reported.
Two of the bombings rocked the gates of the main bus station in Jableh, the third occurred near the Electricity Directorate, while the fourth was caused by a suicide bomber at the emergency room of the National Hospital in Jableh.
Following the Jableh blasts, four bombings rocked the coastal city of Tartus, which is only 100 km from Latakia.
The Syrian national TV said three bombings took place near a bus station in Tartus city and were caused by suicide bombers and a car bomb.
It said a pickup truck blew up at the gate of the bus station, while two suicide bombers detonated their explosive belts inside the station.
Øyenvitneskildringer forteller om forferdelige scener, og målene var uten tvil sivile.
Hvis det stemmer at Ahrar Al Sham sto bak, setter det USA og Vesten i et enda grellere lys. Det er ikke lenger siden enn 11. mai 2016 at USA blokkerte et russisk forslag i FN om å fordømme Ahrar Al Sham som ei terroristgruppe.
At Washington pleier kontakten med denne gruppa er hevet over tvil. McClathyDC kan fortelle at en av topplederne i gruppa har vært på offisielt besøk i Washinton og hatt samtaler der:
A senior figure from a Syrian rebel group with links to al Qaida was allowed into the United States for a brief visit, raising questions about how much the Obama administration will compromise in the search for partners in the conflict.
Labib al Nahhas, foreign affairs director for the Islamist fighting group Ahrar al Sham, spent a few days in Washington in December, according to four people with direct knowledge of the trip and who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of U.S. relations with Syrian rebels.
slapp også til med en kronikk i Washington Post i juli 2015 under tittelen: The deadly consequences of mislabeling Syria’s revolutionaries.
Dette er altså USAs og Norges «moderate eller revolusjonære opposisjon». Men den som vil vente med å spise til Erna Solberg fordømmer dette samarbeidet, kommer til å sulte i hjel.
