BEIRUT – ISIS has claimed that a Lebanese national was among the jihadist group’s suicide bombers that targeted the coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous on Monday, leaving over 150 dead in the first such attack to hit the normally-secure areas since the start of the Syrian war.

An article published Tuesday in ISIS’s weekly Al-Nabaa newspaper said that the Lebanese man—identified by his nom de-guerre Saraqah al-Lubnani—was part of a group of five suicide bombers who “attacked the apostate Nusayri (a derogative term for Alawites) gatherings in Jableh.”

The report claimed that ISIS set off two car bombs in the city, after which three of its members wearing suicide vests detonated themselves. However, only four explosions rocked the Latakia town on Monday.

Pro-regime media outlets claimed Monday that one would-be suicide bomber was captured in Jableh, although Syrian state media has made no statements on the matter.

The Al-Nabaa report also said that five suicide bombers targeted Tartous, even though only three explosions hit the town in and around a bus terminal, killing dozens of civilians.

A number of Lebanese nationals fighting for ISIS in Syria have reportedly conducted suicide bombings on behalf of the terrorist group, while ISIS claimed responsibility for a deadly blast in the southern Beirut suburb of Bourj al-Barajneh on November 12 that killed 43 people.