14 Killed in Weapons Depot Blast in Northwest Syria

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- Officials said they had not determined the cause of the explosion. Years of fighting have left Syria littered with weapons and ordnance left over from the civil war.
- Officials said they had not determined the cause of the explosion. Years of fighting have left Syria littered with weapons and ordnance left over from the civil war.
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- Local government says at least 60 were wounded in the blast, apparently caused by a burning bull effigy.
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- The explosion struck near the Syrian city of Sarmada in Idlib province in the northwest. The Defense Ministry said the weapons and remnants from the war were being stored temporarily at the site before being relocated.
- An explosion tore through a temporary weapons depot near Sarmada, in northwestern Syria killing at least 14 people