ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least four people were injured after a series of explosions struck a Syrian army site in the al-Hadaba area, west of al-Eis in southern Aleppo countryside, early Monday, according to state media.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that an initial explosion occurred "at a Syrian Arab Army site on the outskirts of the town," adding that authorities continued to investigate the nature and cause of the blast.
Monday’s explosions mark the third blast reported in Syria this month involving military facilities or weapons remnants.
On Friday, 11 Syrian Defense Ministry personnel were killed in an explosion at a military position in the Ayyash area west of Deir ez-Zor city, with the cause of the blast yet to be disclosed.
The explosion came about 10 days after a blast at a temporary weapons and war-remnants storage facility near Sarmada in northwestern Idlib province killed 14 Defense Ministry personnel and wounded more than 10 others, including civilians.
The cause of the Sarmada explosion also remained under investigation.
Following Monday's explosions, Aleppo Governor Azzam al-Gharib urged residents to remain indoors and stay away from the blast sites.
“In light of the explosions that occurred south of Aleppo in and around the al-Eis area, we urge everyone to stay indoors and refrain from heading toward or gathering near the explosion sites, for your own safety and the safety of the emergency response teams,” Gharib said in a statement.
Faisal Mohammad Ali, head of Aleppo Operations at the Emergency and Disaster Management Directorate, told the state media that Civil Defense personnel evacuated four wounded people.
The Internal Security Command in Aleppo province placed its personnel on high alert and closed the Aleppo-Damascus highway, along with roads leading to the explosion site.
The Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management separately warned residents against approaching the site because of the potential presence of shrapnel, unexploded ordnance and other hazardous objects.
In a post on X, Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh urged residents near the area “to abide by the instructions of our teams and the competent authorities, stay away from the area.”
Syria continues to face the legacy of more than a decade of conflict, with weapons, ammunition and unexploded ordnance scattered across large parts of the country, posing an ongoing danger to civilians and security personnel.
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