14 killed as explosion rocks Syria arms depot: authorities

An explosion occurred at an arms depot in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Wednesday. The Idlib health department reported that 14 people were killed and 11 were injured in the blast.

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14 killed as explosion rocks Syria arms depot: authorities

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An explosion occurred at an arms depot in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Wednesday. The Idlib health department reported that 14 people were killed and 11 were injured in the blast. The explosion took place in a temporary storage facility for weapons and war remnants near the city of Sarmada. The cause of the explosion was not specified by the health department. The Syrian defense ministry's media department had previously stated that several of its personnel were wounded in the incident.

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Several personnel from the Syrian defence ministry were wounded in the incident.

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11 people were injured in the explosion.

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The explosion occurred in a temporary storage for collecting weapons and war remnants near the city of Sarmada.

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An explosion at an arms depot in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province killed 14 people on Wednesday.

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An explosion at an arms depot in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province killed 14 people on Wednesday, the local health department said, without specifying the cause of the blast.“The toll from the explosion in a temporary storage for collecting weapons and war remnants near the city of Sarmada ... registered 14 killed and 11 injured in a preliminary count,” the Idlib health department said.The Syrian defence ministry’s media department earlier told state television that several of the ministry’s personnel had been wounded in the incident.

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