At least 16 killed as ordnance from Syrian civil war explodes in port city Latakia
White Helmets report 18 wounded after blast in recent flashpoint area; blast said to have occurred when scrap dealer handled explosive left over from 13-year-conflict
Ordnance from Syria’s 13-year conflict explodes in port city, killing at least 16 people
The Syrian Civil Defense says Ordnance from Syria’s 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing more than a dozen people.
Ordnance blast kills 16 and collapses building in Syria
The explosion occurred in a metal scrap storage space on the ground floor of a four-storey building in Latakia.
Blast from suspected old bomb in Syria kills 16
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.
Rescuers search the rubble after a building collapse in Latakia, Syria, kills at least 16 pe...
Ordnance from Syria's 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing more than a dozen people, the Syrian Civil Defense said Sunday.
At least eight people killed in explosion in Syria's Latakia
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.
At least 16 killed after unexploded bomb from Syria’s civil war goes off in Latakia
According to a report by the United Nations in February, at least 100 people have been killed from exploding ordnance in the last 13 years in Syria.
Blast in Syria coastal city kills three: state media
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,
At least 16 people dead in blast from suspected old bomb in Syria
Experts estimate that between 100,000 and 300,000 of the roughly one million munitions used during the Syrian civil war never detonated.An unexploded bomb from Syria's 13- year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Lattakia,
Blast from old munition kills 16 in Syria
At least 16 people were killed in Syria on Sunday after a scrap dealer mishandled an old bomb, causing a massive explosion, officials said. A four-storey building was demolished in the blast that took place in the city of Latakia on Saturday.
Middle East Eye1d
'He was still a child': Grief and fear at Latakia hospital
Pressure has been growing on Syria’s government, led by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, to investigate the killing of at ...
Al-Monitor on MSN19h
Toll from UXO blast in Syria city rises to 10: state media
A blast in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia killed at least 10 people on Saturday, state media reported, adding that it was ...
The Economist3d
After the bloodshed, can Syria’s president unite his country?
Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...
Nordot on MSN1d
At least three people killed in explosion in Syria's Latakia
A powerful explosion on Saturday rocked the city of Latakia on the Syrian coast, killing at least three people and injuring ...
Syria’s Christians fear for future after deadly sectarian violence
The Christian community feels isolated and fears becoming a victim of sectarian conflicts it has no involvement in," the ...
Rudaw4d
Latakia governor blames Assad loyalists for civilian massacres
The Governor of Syria’s coastal province of Latakia on Wednesday blamed loyalists of the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime for ...