An explosion at a weapons depot in northwest Syria’s Idlib province killed five people and wounded nine others on Wednesday, security forces said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The Idlib region was a bastion of rebel and jihadist groups including foreign fighters before Islamist-led forces overthrew longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last December in a lightning offensive.<\/p>\n
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the former armed faction once led by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, was the dominant group in the region before Assad’s overthrow, and some groups of foreign fighters still have bases there.<\/p>\n
The explosion in the town of Kafr Takharim was “caused by a warehouse containing missiles and ammunition, and occurred due to work underway” at a site nearby, the Idlib security forces said, adding that five site workers were killed.<\/p>\n
State television reported the same toll, without saying what caused the blast.<\/p>\n
Nine other people were injured, the security forces added.<\/p>\n
Images circulating online showed widespread destruction, fire and damage to farmland, while videos showed shrapnel reaching shops and residential buildings.<\/p>\n
In August, four people were killed in an explosion at a weapons depot on the outskirts of Idlib, authorities said.<\/p>\n
A month earlier, at least 12 people were killed and about 120 others wounded in a series of explosions at an arms depot belonging to Uyghur-dominated jihadist group the Turkistan Islamic Party in the town of Maaret Misrin in Idlib, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor.<\/p>\n
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