’18 dead’ in huge blast in northwest Syria 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseA powerful explosion Wednesday killed 18 people including more than a dozen civilians in jihadist-held northwest Syria, a war monitor said, as rescuers searched for people trapped under the rubble. Abu Ammar, a father of two, told AFP he felt the “huge” blast from his home about 50 meters (yards) away. The Idlib region is under the administrative control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which is dominated by a faction previously known as Al-Nusra Front before renouncing its ties to Al-Qaeda. The Islamic State jihadist group has sleeper cells in the wider Idlib region.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 25, 2019 01:52 UTC