The Syrian defence ministry has said that 11 soldiers were killed in Friday’s explosion at an army site in the Ayyash area west of Deir Ezzor province in northern Syria.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing the ministry, said the soldiers’ funeral procession was set out from the National Hospital in Deir Ezzor city.
The authorities have not yet disclosed the cause or circumstances of the blast.
The ministry’s Media and Communications Department said Friday that an explosion had occurred at one of the army’s sites in the Ayyash area west of Deir Ezzor.
It said authorities were investigating the causes and assessing the consequences, without providing a casualty toll.
State-run Alikhbariah TV also reported Friday that ambulances and civil defence teams had been dispatched to the site, adding that the nature of the explosion was not immediately clear.
Saturday’s announcement of the 11 deaths marked the first casualty toll released since the blast was reported.
