Explosion rocks Syria's Idlib city
ALBAWABA - Syrian News Channel revealed that an explosion rocked the city of Idlib in Syria and the surrounding towns.
No official sources have yet commented on the explosion in Idlib city, nor has the reason behind it been shared.
Some videos were posted on social media showing a huge cloud rising into the sky, and allegedly said that a massive explosion occurred at an "ammunition warehouse" near Maarat Misrin in the Idlib countryside a short while ago.4
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that ambulances rushed to the explosion site, amid reports of deaths and injuries, while the reason behind the explosion remains unknown.
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