Overview
- Idlib’s internal security directorate reported at least five dead and nine injured after the explosion in Kafr Takharim, and local reports said the dead included Defence Ministry workers.
- Emergency crews continued recovery operations at the site with people feared missing and victims reported under the rubble.
- Regional security forces said the detonation stemmed from a warehouse holding missiles and ammunition during work at the location, a claim not independently verified.
- Videos and images circulated online showed towering smoke plumes, shrapnel striking shops and homes, damage to farmland, and students fleeing nearby schools.
- This blast is the latest in roughly a dozen arms depot explosions across Syria over the past year, incidents often attributed to poor storage or handling.