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At least 14 killed in explosion at weapons depot in Syria's Idlib, state TV says

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The Defense Ministry said the weapons and war remnants were being stored at the site before being transported elsewhere, and that some of its personnel were among those wounded. ​At least 14 people were killed and ⁠11 wounded Wednesday when an explosion ripped through a temporary ​​storage for weapons ⁠and war remnants in the northwestern province of Idlib... Authorities have not clarified what caused the explosion near the city of Sarmada.

DUBAI: 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. Teams were dispatched to the site immediately after the explosion, the operations commander at Idlib’s Emergency and Disaster Management Directorate, Walid Aslan, said. Initial assessments indicated that the blast was caused by munitions, he added.

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