DAMASCUS -- A powerful explosion rocked the southern Raml neighborhood in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia on Saturday, state-run news agency SANA reported. The cause of the blast remained unknown, and there were no immediate official reports on casualties or damage.

The death toll from a powerful explosion on Saturday that rocked the city of Latakia on the Syrian coast has risen to eight, including three women and a girl. Fourteen were injured, Syria's state news agency SANA reported.

A blast in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia killed at least three people on Saturday, state media reported, with a war monitor saying it was triggered by unexploded ordnance."The blast in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Latakia city has so far resulted in three deaths and 12 injured,

Explosion rocks 4-story building in Al-Raml Al-Janoubi neighborhood of the port city, according to state news agency - Anadolu Ajansı

The number of people killed by exploding war remnants in a shop in the Syrian city of Latakia on Saturday has risen to eight.

A massive explosion believed to have been triggered by a scrap dealer handling an old bomb killed at least 16 people in Syria, civil defence officials said Sunday. Syria's civil defence team said 16 people had been killed "as a result of an explosion in a hardware store" in the apartment block.