DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug 4 (NNN-SANA) – At least 30 Syrian military personnel and pro-government fighters were killed Saturday, by an explosion in an air base in central Syria, a war monitor reported.
The soldiers were killed by an explosion that rocked the Shayrat air base, in the central province of Homs, when soldiers were moving, out-of-date munition, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The death toll could likely rise due to the number of critically wounded soldiers.
Official report said, the explosion is a result of a technical error.
The Shayrat air base has been crucial for the Syrian army, during the more than eight years of war, and it had been struck by the U.S. in 2017, in response to a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Province, in north-western Syria.– NNN-SANA
