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Home / News / World News / Syria: 39 killed in weapons depot blast; explosion's origin unknown
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Syria: 39 killed in weapons depot blast; explosion's origin unknown

Syria: 39 killed in weapons depot blast; explosion's origin unknown
Written by Ramya Patelkhana
Aug 12, 2018, 09:34 pm 2 min read
Syria: 39 killed in weapons depot blast; explosion's origin unknown

An explosion of unknown origin at a weapons depot in a rebel-held town in northwest Syria's Sarmada in Idlib province killed at least 39 civilians, including a dozen children, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. Rescue workers used a bulldozer to remove rubble and extract trapped people in the explosion due to which two buildings collapsed, according to an AFP correspondent. Here's more.

Details
Cause of the blast was still not clear: Monitor

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights' head, Rami Abdel Rahman, said a previous death toll of 12 civilians increased after more bodies were retrieved. "The explosion occurred in a weapons depot in a residential building in Sarmada," said Rahman of the Britain-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria. But the cause of the blast was "not yet clear", he added.

Deaths
Most of the deceased, kin of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham fighters

Abdel Rahman said most of those killed were family members of fighters from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an alliance led by jihadists from Syria's former al-Qaeda affiliate, who had been displaced to the area from the central province of Homs. A rescue worker carried the motionless body of a small child from the wreckage to an ambulance, the AFP correspondent said.

Information
Women and children among the dead

Behind mounds of rubble, the facade of a building was scorched black, due to a fire after the blast. A civil defense source said women and children were among the dead. But rescue workers pulled out "five people who were still alive", the source said.

Attacks
Rebels, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham control most of Idlib

Most of Idlib is controlled by rebels and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, but the Islamic State also has sleeper cells there. The regime holds a small slither of southeastern Idlib. In recent months, a series of explosions and assassinations, mainly targeting rebel officials and fighters, rocked Idlib. While some attacks have been claimed by IS, most are the result of infighting since last year.

Idlib Province
2.5 million people live in Idlib province

President Bashar al-Assad warned that government forces intend to retake Idlib after his Russia-backed regime regained control of swathes of rebel-held territory elsewhere. Around 2.5 million people live in Idlib, half of them displaced by fighting in other parts of Syria. Over 350,000 people have been killed, and millions displaced since Syria's civil war started in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests.

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Ramya Patelkhana is a senior editor at NewsBytes. She has nearly seven years of experience in digital journalism and has previously worked with India News and Authint Media. She has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, and an advanced diploma in Media Studies from IPW, New Delhi.
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