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Powerful Blasts Rip Through Idlib Ammo Depot, Rescue Operations Underway

Authorities reconcile conflicting casualty figures as recurring secondary explosions complicate rescue efforts.

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Overview

  • A series of explosions tore through an ammunition site near Maarat Misrin and Kafriya in Idlib province on July 24, triggering panic in al-Foua and surrounding villages.
  • State media SANA reported at least two civilians killed and more than 70 injured while the White Helmets and Anadolu put the death toll between five and six with dozens more wounded.
  • Evacuation and search operations are ongoing as rescue teams contend with recurring secondary blasts that threaten responders.
  • Private broadcaster Syria TV blamed detonation of war remnants and depot munitions for the blasts and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported unidentified aircraft overhead, though no airstrike has been confirmed.
  • Idlib province remains a rebel-held enclave with extensive munitions stockpiles and unexploded ordnance that pose persistent risks to civilians.