Enab Baladi’s correspondent in Idlib reported that the blasts occurred consecutively in farmland behind Idlib’s western corniche, near the amusement park “Happy Land.”

The correspondent suggested the explosions originated from ammunition depots, noting that the farmland is adjacent to farms and civilian homes.

According to a statement from Idlib’s Health Directorate obtained by Enab Baladi, the initial toll from the explosion west of Idlib city stood at four fatalities and four injuries.

The wounded were transported to hospital for treatment, with medical teams continuing to monitor their conditions, the directorate said.

The correspondent added that ambulance crews and Syria Civil Defense teams rushed to the site immediately after the explosions.

Civil Defense managed to recover the bodies of a man and a child and rescued three wounded individuals, including one who had been trapped under rubble, in what remains a preliminary toll from the blast on the outskirts of Idlib.

Teams continued efforts to extinguish fires caused by the explosions in order to resume search operations beneath the rubble.

No official statement on the cause of the explosions had been released by government channels as of the time of publication.

Four Explosions in July

Four explosions occurred in Idlib during July, three of them in weapons depots, resulting in deaths and injuries.

One explosion took place in Termanin, in rural Idlib, when munitions being dismantled by a civilian detonated, killing three people—including a child and a woman—and injuring three others, also including a child and a woman, all from one family, according to the Syria Civil Defense.

On July 24, an explosion in the town of Maarrat Misrin in northern Idlib killed six people and injured 140 others. The blast was reported to have occurred in an ammunition depot.

At the time, the Interior Ministry announced the launch of a “comprehensive” investigation, promising to work with the relevant authorities to determine the circumstances and causes of the explosion and hold those responsible accountable “regardless of their position.”

Another blast on July 8 occurred in a weapons depot containing mines and rockets left over from the war, north of the town of al-Fu’ah in rural Idlib, about one kilometer from residential areas.

That explosion caused minor injuries and fainting cases due to the intensity of the blast but no serious casualties, according to the Interior Ministry.

On July 2, Enab Baladi correspondents in Idlib reported explosions at a military site near the towns of Kafriya and al-Fu’ah in northern Idlib countryside.

Syria’s state TV “al-Ikhbariya” quoted the Ministry of Defense press office as saying the successive explosions were caused by high temperatures, denying civilian or ambulance crew casualties.

Civilian Areas at Risk

Syria’s Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management is attempting to distance civilians from areas where weapons and ammunition depots are located, Minister Raed al-Saleh told Enab Baladi following the July 24 explosion in Idlib.

He said the ministry had tried to secure the area by evacuating civilians and providing medical assistance to most of the injured after the blast at an arms depot in Maarrat Misrin, northern Idlib countryside.

Al-Saleh added that the ministry, in coordination with other relevant ministries, is working to ensure there are no civilians near weapons stockpiles. He noted, however, that the presence of civilians collecting munitions and remnants of war made it difficult to fully control such areas and depots.

He also said the ministry is pursuing community awareness campaigns to discourage storing explosives in civilian areas, which endangers the lives of nearby residents.