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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