ISTANBUL  Syria’s Interior Ministry said Wednesday that it had thwarted a “terrorist” plot by loyalists of the former Bashar al-Assad regime to bomb a church in the coastal province of Tartus. Internal Security Forces Chief in Tartus, Abdelal Mohammad Abdelal, said the plot was foiled in a “high-level security operation” after extensive surveillance and intelligence gathering. He said the operation was based on “precise intelligence indicating that an outlaw group affiliated with remnants of