{"id":141324,"date":"2026-09-09T20:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=141324"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:03:43","slug":"syria-says-14-killed-in-arms-depot-blast-in-idlib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Syria\u2019s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that 14 ministry personnel were killed and more than 10 others, including civilians, were injured in an explosion at an arms depot near Sarmada, north of Idlib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry said in a statement that the explosion occurred at a temporary depot containing weapons and remnants of war near Sarmada in northern Idlib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specialized units from the ministry, in coordination with relevant authorities, immediately secured the site and dealt with the aftermath of the explosion, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specialized authorities are continuing to investigate the causes and circumstances of the incident, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Ministry assumed full responsibility for the incident and offered condolences to the families of those killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Saad al-Yaziji<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syria\u2019s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that 14 ministry personnel were killed and more than 10 others, including civilians, were injured in an explosion at an arms depot near Sarmada, north of Idlib. The ministry said in a statement that the explosion occurred at a temporary depot containing weapons and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":141325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-military-developments","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syria\u2019s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that 14 ministry personnel were killed and more than 10 others, including\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syria\u2019s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that 14 ministry personnel were killed and more than 10 others, including\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-09T20:03:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-09T20:03:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-12-1024x576-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"publish\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"publish\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"publish\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5\"},\"headline\":\"Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-09T20:03:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-09T20:03:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":131,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/2-12-1024x576-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"HOME\",\"Military and Security Developments\",\"SYRIA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/\",\"name\":\"Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/2-12-1024x576-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-09T20:03:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-09T20:03:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syria\u2019s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that 14 ministry personnel were killed and more than 10 others, including\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/2-12-1024x576-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/2-12-1024x576-1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"Damage caused by an explosion at an arms depot in Idlib countryside- North Press\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/141324\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"description\":\"North press agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"width\":682,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"North press agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NPA.SYR\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NPA_English\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/northpressagency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5\",\"name\":\"publish\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"publish\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/publish\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syria\u2019s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that 14 ministry personnel were killed and more than 10 others, including","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib","og_description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syria\u2019s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that 14 ministry personnel were killed and more than 10 others, including","og_url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/","og_site_name":"North press agency","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","article_published_time":"2026-09-09T20:03:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-09T20:03:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-12-1024x576-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"publish","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NPA_English","twitter_site":"@NPA_English","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"publish","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/"},"author":{"name":"publish","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5"},"headline":"Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib","datePublished":"2026-09-09T20:03:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-09T20:03:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/"},"wordCount":131,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-12-1024x576-1.jpg","articleSection":["HOME","Military and Security Developments","SYRIA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/","name":"Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-12-1024x576-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-09T20:03:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-09T20:03:43+00:00","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syria\u2019s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that 14 ministry personnel were killed and more than 10 others, including","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-12-1024x576-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-12-1024x576-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":576,"caption":"Damage caused by an explosion at an arms depot in Idlib countryside- North Press"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141324\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Syria says 14 killed in arms depot blast in Idlib"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","name":"North press agency","description":"North press agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"North press agency","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","width":682,"height":388,"caption":"North press agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NPA_English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northpressagency\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5","name":"publish","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"publish"},"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/author\/publish\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141326,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141324\/revisions\/141326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}