UEMS / Ammunition Depot

UEMS / Ammunition Depot event in Homs, Homs area, Syrian Arab Republic on Wed 20th October 2021

20th October 2021

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DUBAI, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Five people were killed and four injured in a blast inside a Syrian army ammunition depot alongside the Homs-Hama road in the centre of the country, Iran's state-run TV channel Al-Alam said on Wednesday. The explosion happened during a routine maintenance operation inside the depot, it said. Iran, a main backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has a military presence, directly and through proxy militias, across Syria including the region of Homs. The report did not indicate the nationality of the casualties.

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Homs ( Homs area )

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