4 injured following ammunition depot blast in Syria's Aleppo countryside
Officials said rescuers evacuated four injured people as roads were closed and emergency teams worked to clear unexploded projectiles.
- On Monday, powerful explosions struck a Syrian army weapons depot near Al-Eis, south of Aleppo, injuring four people and prompting authorities to close roads to ensure public safety.
- This incident marks the 16th similar explosion at arms storage facilities since President Bashar was ousted in December 2024, according to a Reuters tally tracking these recurring military depot accidents.
- Faisal Mohammad Ali, the head of civil defence operations in Aleppo, reported that "continuing explosions" hindered emergency access, while residents described the terror, saying, "It was as if doomsday had come."
- Aleppo Governor Azzam urged residents to remain indoors, noting that "hospitals, ambulance and emergency teams are on full alert," as Emergency Ministry workers began clearing unexploded projectiles from the site.
- Authorities have not established the cause, mirroring recent blasts in Idlib and Syria that killed 25 people this month and suggesting systemic vulnerabilities in how military ordnance is stored across the country.
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This is the fourth episode involving explosions in less than a month in this country, which has experienced a long civil war since 2011. State television reported a powerful explosion in the al-Eis area, south of Aleppo. This was followed by a series of other explosions that impeded "access by ambulances and rescue teams to the scene", according to the head of the local civil defence operations, Faisal Mohammad Ali, quoted by the public channel …
A series of explosions resulted in four injuries near the Syrian city of Aleppo. It was in an ammunition depot that the explosions took place, following several other similar incidents in recent weeks in the country. - Syria: a new series of explosions caused four injuries at a military site near Aleppo (International).
According to initial reports, four people were injured in explosions at a Syrian army military site in Aleppo. Rescue teams are having difficulty reaching the area due to the continuing explosions, and nearby houses have been evacuated and roads closed to traffic. This was reported by the Syrian official news agency SANA...
A series of explosions rocked a Syrian military warehouse. Rockets and ammunition exploded, roads were closed, and residents were asked to stay home.
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The Straits TimesSyrian ammunition depot explodes in fourth such blast this month
ALEPPO, Syria, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A series of explosions tore through an army weapons depot in northern Syria early on Monday,the fourth such incident this month, wounding several people and sending villagers scattering.The blast was the latest in a series of mysterious and often unexplained explosions at military storage sites across Syria.Authorities offered no immediate explanation for the blasts near Al-Eis in the province of Aleppo, which …
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