Blast in Syria coastal metropolis kills three: state media

This handout image launched by the Syrian Arab Information Company (SANA) reveals smoke billowing over the coastal metropolis of Latakia after an explosion on March 15, 2025.
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A blast within the Syrian coastal metropolis of Latakia killed no less than three folks and injured 12 on Saturday (March 15, 2025), state media reported, with the trigger nonetheless unclear.

“The blast within the Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Latakia metropolis has thus far resulted in three deaths and 12 injured,” state information company SANA stated citing provincial authorities.

It added that “civil defence groups and residents are nonetheless looking for others injured and lacking”.

A resident of the town, Ward Jammoul, 32, informed AFP that she heard a “loud blast”, including that she “headed to the positioning and located a totally destroyed constructing”.

She stated civil defence personnel and ambulances had been current on the website, alongside “a lot of individuals who had gathered to search for these trapped beneath the rubble”.

A picture carried by SANA confirmed a big plume of smoke rising over a populated neighbourhood.

No different particulars might instantly be confirmed.