Powerful blast rocks Idlib after militant ammo depot explodesAugust 16, 2018 - 11:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A massive blast rocked Idlib city on Wednesday, August 15 night after an ammo depot belonging to Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham exploded, Al-Masdar News reports. According to pro-opposition activists, the blast took place at a Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham ammo depot that was located near the governor’s mansion in Idlib’s city-center. The total number of casualties as a result of the explosion is still unknown; however, some activists claimed that many Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham members were killed. Furthermore, the reason for the blast at the Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham ammo depot is still unknown. No further details were released at this time. The latest explosion in Idlib comes just a week after 59 people were killed inside the provincial town of Sarmada near the Turkish border. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |