Toll update in Tartus bombing

At least 35 people were killed in the bombing in Tartus today, a so-called "double tap" attack where the second bomber targets those who have rushed to the scene of the first. No one has claimed the attack, nor another in Homs today. The Islamic State group did claim a blast hit Hasakeh targeting a Kurdish militia checkpoint.

Read Middle East Eye's latest report on the events of today here.

Tartus is a relatively safe area of Syria and a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad's government, and also the site of a Russia's only naval station in the Middle East region. Last week, the government was promoting Tartus as a holiday destination for foreign visitors.