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.

A powerful explosion on Saturday rocked the city of Latakia on the Syrian coast, killing at least three people and injuring 12 others, Syria's state news agency SANA reported. Civil defence teams and locals are still searching for potential casualties and missing people in the rubble,

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.The blast on Saturday in the Mediterranean city of Latakia demolished a four-storey building,

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 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 Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor later described the blast as an "accident" resulting from a resident's attempt to dismantle unexploded ordnance in the building.