Damascus, Oct. 29 -- A series of security incidents, including a grenade blast and mortar fire, struck Syria's coastal and southern regions late Tuesday, the state news agency SANA and private Syria TV reported.
An explosion hit the Qnainis neighborhood in the coastal province of Latakia after an assailant threw a hand grenade near a police station. Security forces "swiftly contained the situation," the interior authorities said, adding that there were no reported casualties.
The attacker was reportedly captured, and the authorities have opened an investigation into the attempted assault.
In the southern province of Sweida, armed groups fired mortar shells and machine guns at a security checkpoint in the village of Al-Matounah Tuesday ni...