Activists: Blast in Northern Syria Kills 39

Syrian activists say an explosion in the country's north has killed at least 39 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast occurred at a weapons depot in village of Sarmada in the mainly rebel-held province of Idlib, near the Turkish border. The cause of the blast is not yet known. The Observatory said women and children were among those killed.

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