IS 'claims Tartus and Homs attacks'

Islamic State fighters in Syria carried out suicide attacks that struck the cities of Homs and Tartous and a checkpoint near Damascus, all held by the government, and in Kurdish-held Hasakah province, its Amaq propaganda arm said on Monday.

The attacks killed dozens of Syrian troops, including several officers, as well as some Kurdish fighters, Islamic State said. 

Translation: Islamic State claims responsibility for the series of explosions that hit Syria today