Thursday, July 26, 2007

Explosion in Syria Kills 15 Soldiers

This came in from Farid:

Washington DC, July 26, 2007/RPS Staff/ -- An explosion at an ordnance depot in northern Syria killed at least 15 soldiers Thursday and wounded 50 others.
The depot belonged to a Syrian military unit in Musalmiya located about 7 miles from Aleppo and 200 miles from Damascus.
It is yet unknown what caused the blast. The SANA new agency claimed that high temperatures that reached as high as 113 Fahrenheit were the culprit.

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