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Explosion in Syria's Idlib Kills Civilians, Al Ekhbariah TV Reports

Explosion in Syria's Idlib Kills Civilians, Al Ekhbariah TV Reports

Asharq Al-Awsat24-07-2025
An explosion rocked the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Thursday, state-run Al Ekhbariya TV reported, and an unspecified number of people were killed or injured, the local emergency operations department said.
The cause of the blast was not immediately known, the TV report said.
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