At Least 14 Killed in Explosion at Weapons Depot in Syria’s Idlib, State TV Says
- On Wednesday, an explosion at a weapons warehouse near Sarmada, Idlib, Syria, killed at least four people and wounded 10 others, according to state media. The cause of the blast remained unclear.
- The Defense Ministry, citing SANA, reported the warehouse stored weapons and munitions left over from Syria's uprising and civil war spanning 2011 to 2024. No further details were provided.
- Video footage circulated after the blast showed a large plume of black smoke and smaller explosions. A photographer for The Associated Press at the scene witnessed bodies being recovered.
- Civil Defense and Syrian Red Crescent first-responders are continuing search-and-rescue operations for survivors trapped beneath the rubble of the damaged weapons warehouse.
- Such incidents are a relatively common occurrence in Syria, which has been battered by over a decade of war, leaving dangerous munitions scattered across the country.
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Several of the employees have died.
The number of victims of detonations at the temporary weapons and ammunition depot in the Syrian city of Sarmada was 14 and rescue personnel continued to take action, reported to the local health department. The number of casualties from the explosion at the ammunition depot in the Syrian province of Idlib was 14 and 11 were injured and RIA News was handed over. Previously, four victims and 10 victims were reported. "The number of victims of the…
Authorities have not yet determined what caused the initial explosion.
Four people were killed and 10 others were wounded Wednesday by an explosion at a temporary facility collecting weapons and war debris in Idlib province, in northern Syria. The blast occurred at a temporary storage facility near the city of Saranda, state news agency SANA reported, citing the defense ministry. Investigations for missing persons At the scene, teams from the Syrian Ministry of Defense were working together with the relevant author…
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