At Least 14 Killed in Explosion at Weapons Depot in Syria’s Idlib, State TV Says
State media said the blast at a munitions depot left 10 wounded and prompted searches for survivors under the rubble.
- 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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An undetermined explosion in an arms warehouse resulted in 14 deaths and 11 injuries on Wednesday in Idlib province in north-western Syria, according to a first assessment by local authorities.
At least 14 killed in explosion at weapons depot in Syria’s Idlib, state TV says
DUBAI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed and 11 wounded on Wednesday in an explosion at a temporary depot for weapons and remnants of war near the Syrian city of Sarmada in Idlib, state television reported. (Reporti...
An explosion in a temporary armoury of weapons and remnants of war in Sarmada, north of Idlib, killing 14 people and injuring 11 others.
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The Seattle TimesWarehouse explosion in northwestern Syria kills at least 14
A weapons warehouse in northwestern Syria exploded Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding others. Syrian state media reports that at least 11 people were injured in the explosion near the town of Sarmada in Idlib province. The Defense…
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