Damascus: At least 30 Syrian military personnel and pro-government fighters were killed on Saturday after an explosion rocked a military airbase in central Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, "Soldiers were killed at the Shayrat airbase in the central province of Homs when they were moving out-of-date munition."
The toll could rise due to the number of critically wounded soldiers.
The official report said that the explosion is a result of a technical error.
The Shayrat airbase has been crucial for the Syrian army during the more than eight-year war and it had been struck by the United States in 2017 in response to a suspected chemical attack in the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Province in northwestern Syria.
30 killed in munition explosion at Syrian air base
Soldiers were killed by an explosion that rocked the Shayrat airbase in the central province of Homs when they were moving out-of-date munition. The official report said that the explosion is a result of a technical error.
30 killed in munition explosion at Syrian air base
Damascus: At least 30 Syrian military personnel and pro-government fighters were killed on Saturday after an explosion rocked a military airbase in central Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, "Soldiers were killed at the Shayrat airbase in the central province of Homs when they were moving out-of-date munition."
The toll could rise due to the number of critically wounded soldiers.
The official report said that the explosion is a result of a technical error.
The Shayrat airbase has been crucial for the Syrian army during the more than eight-year war and it had been struck by the United States in 2017 in response to a suspected chemical attack in the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Province in northwestern Syria.
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