STORY: 5 killed in explosion at residential home in NW Syria
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 20, 2025
DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2025
LENGTH: 00:02:26
LOCATION: Damascus
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of site of the explosion
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): JASSEM AL-AHMAD, Witness

STORYLINE:

At least five people were killed in an explosion of unknown origin at a residential home in the town of Al-Nayrab in northwestern Syria's Idlib province on Thursday, Syrian state TV Al-Ikhbariya reported.
   
Initial reports indicated that three civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed, while another child was injured, with all the casualties coming from one family, according to Al-Ikhbariya.
   
Rescue teams continue searching for the missing trapped under the rubble after the blast, Al-Ikhbariya reported.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic): JASSEM AL-AHMAD, Witness
"At nearly 11 a.m., I parked my car here since my house is nearby. I got out of the car, but within two minutes, I heard the sound of a powerful explosion. After the explosion, we rushed to the scene and found the injured and the deceased. Those who needed immediate care were sent to the hospital. The search for others continued."
  
Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the death toll of the explosion, which was caused by leftover munitions, has reached seven, and that the number was provisional.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Damascus.
(XHTV)