Aftermath as deadly blast rocks north-west Syria

STORY: Syria Explosion - Aftermath as deadly blast rocks north-west Syria

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FIRST RUN: 1551

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TYPE: Natsound

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

STORY NUMBER: 4323937

DATELINE: 3 May 2021 - Idlib Province

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Idlib Province - 3 May 2021

1. Wide of smoke in the sky

2. Activists from the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as White Helmets, looking under rubble

3. Various of rubble

4. White helmets searching through rubble

5. Pan of rubble, White Helmets at work

6. Wide of ambulance coming into a tented settlement, close to the explosion site

7. Wide of settlement

8. Various of Syrian White Helmets at the tented settlement

STORYLINE:

A mysterious explosion rocked northwest Syria Monday killing at least one person and wounding seven others, opposition activists said.

The activists said the explosion occurred as an armed drone flew over the outskirts of the village of Foua in Idlib province, the last major rebel stronghold in the war-torn country.

The explosion occurred near a tented settlement for displaced people but none of them were hurt, the activists said.

The Britain-based Syrian observatory for Human Rights said the explosion occurred at a weapons facility for jihadi fighters from the former Soviet Union.

Idlib-based citizen journalist Salwa Abdul-Rahman said the explosion was caused by a missile fired from a drone.

U.S. drone attacks in the past have targeted jihadi fighters, mostly al-Qaida-linked militants.

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