The Israeli Ynet news site says the soldiers were in a community centre in a village
Death toll in Syria blast climbs to 69: Observatory
The number of people killed when an explosion ripped through a building thought to be storing weapons in rebel-held northwestern Syria has climbed to 69 including 17 children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Monday.
Published : 13 August 2018, 12:06 PM
Updated : 13 August 2018, 12:06 PM
The explosion happened in a residential building in the town of Sarmada in Idlib province near the Turkish border on Sunday. Idlib forms part of the last major rebel stronghold in Syria.
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