At least 14 killed in weapons depot blast in Syria’s Idlib, state TV says

Authorities have not clarified what caused the explosion near the city of Sarmada.

Syrian security forces and others gather as smoke rises after an explosion at what state media said was a weapons depot in the Burj al-Nimra area near Sarmada, in Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, September 9, 2026 [Omar Albam/AP] (AP)

⁠At least 14 ⁠people have been ⁠killed in an explosion at a temporary ⁠depot for weapons and ⁠remnants of ⁠war near Sarmada, a city in Syria’s ‌Idlib province, according to state television.

Wednesday’s blast also injured 11 people, and thick smoke from a resulting fire billowed from the site for hours.

Syria’s Defence Ministry said some of its personnel were among those injured, according to the Reuters news agency.

Earlier, the state news agency reported that emergency teams had been immediately dispatched after the explosion at Burj al-Nimra village in northern Idlib’s countryside.

However, secondary explosions hampered firefighting teams from extinguishing the fires.

Emergency teams are searching for survivors trapped under the rubble. An Associated Press news agency photographer reported seeing bodies recovered at the scene.

Authorities have not clarified what caused the explosion, but incidents like these are common in Syria, which has only recently emerged from more than 10 years of war.

The destroyed depot was used to store weapons and munitions from the Syrian uprising and civil war, which lasted between 2011 and 2024, according to the Defence Ministry as cited by the SANA state news agency.

Earlier, on September 1, a vehicle carrying ammunition exploded in Binnish, also in Idlib province, killing five people and wounding others, according to Syrian state media.

当局尚未查明萨尔马达市附近爆炸的原因。

2026年9月9日星期三，叙利亚伊德利卜省萨尔马达附近的布尔吉·尼姆拉地区发生爆炸，据叙利亚国家媒体报道，爆炸地点是一个武器库。爆炸后，叙利亚安全部队和其他人员聚集在现场，浓烟滚滚。[奥马尔·阿尔巴姆/美联社] (美联社)

据叙利亚国家电视台报道，叙利亚伊德利卜省萨尔马达市附近一处存放武器和战争遗物的临时仓库发生爆炸，造成至少 14 人死亡。

周三的爆炸还造成 11 人受伤，由此引发的大火产生的浓烟在现场持续数小时。

据路透社报道，叙利亚国防部称，部分伤者中包括叙利亚国防部人员。

此前，国家通讯社报道称，伊德利卜北部乡村布尔吉·尼姆拉村发生爆炸后，紧急救援队已立即被派往现场。

然而，二次爆炸阻碍了消防队扑灭大火。

救援人员正在废墟下搜寻被困幸存者。美联社一名摄影记者报道称，他在现场看到了被找到的遗体。

当局尚未澄清爆炸原因，但此类事件在叙利亚很常见，叙利亚刚刚结束了长达 10 多年的战争。

据叙利亚国家通讯社SANA援引国防部消息称，被摧毁的仓库曾用于储存叙利亚起义和内战（2011年至2024年）期间的武器弹药。

此前，据叙利亚国家媒体报道，9月1日，一辆载有弹药的车辆在伊德利卜省的宾尼什发生爆炸，造成5人死亡，多人受伤。