Pope prays to 'convert hearts' of IS jihadists

Francis said almost all the victims of the seven explosions targeting bus stations, hospitals and other civilian sites in the seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus were "unarmed civilians". Eight of them were children.
More than 300 people were wounded in the attacks on strongholds of President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
IS claimed the blasts in a statement, saying they were in retaliation for Syrian regime and Russian air strikes against jihadists.
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