Illustrated Syrian desert landscape near a secured storage building in Deir Ezzor

مَقْتَلُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ جُنْدِيًّا فِي اِنْفِجَارِ مَخْزَنِ أَسْلِحَةٍ بِدَيْرِ الزَّوْرِ

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قُتِلَ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ جُنْدِيًّا سُورِيًّا فِي اِنْفِجَارٍ وَقَعَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، الثَّامِنَ عَشَرَ مِنْ سِبْتَمْبَرَ، فِي مَوْقِعٍ لِلْجَيْشِ بِمِنْطَقَةِ عَيَّاشَ غَرْبَ مُحَافَظَةِ دَيْرِ الزَّوْرِ، شَرْقَ سُورِيَا. وَأَفَادَتْ مَصَادِرُ رَسْمِيَّةٌ بِأَنَّ الاِنْفِجَارَ وَقَعَ فِي مَخْزَنٍ لِلْأَسْلِحَةِ قُرْبَ الْبَلْدَةِ.

وَشَيَّعَتْ وِزَارَةُ الدِّفَاعِ الْجُنُودَ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَيْرِ الزَّوْرِ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ. وَقَالَتِ الْوِزَارَةُ، يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، إِنَّهَا تَتَحَقَّقُ مِنْ سَبَبِ الْحَادِثِ وَتُعَايِنُ نَتَائِجَهُ.

وَذَكَرَتْ وَسَائِلُ إِعْلَامٍ رَسْمِيَّةٌ أَنَّ فِرَقَ الإِنْقَاذِ وَالإِطْفَاءِ ذَهَبَتْ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ. كَمَا قَالَتْ مُحَافَظَةُ دَيْرِ الزَّوْرِ إِنَّ الْمَوْقِعَ أُمِّنَ، وَإِنَّ تَحْقِيقًا فُتِحَ لِمَعْرِفَةِ مَا حَدَثَ.

وَلَيْسَ هٰذَا أَوَّلَ اِنْفِجَارٍ مِنْ هٰذَا النَّوْعِ فِي سُورِيَا. فَفِي التَّاسِعِ مِنْ سِبْتَمْبَرَ، قَتَلَ اِنْفِجَارٌ فِي مَخْزَنٍ لِلْأَسْلِحَةِ قُرْبَ سَرْمَدَا أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ شَخْصًا. وَيَرَى خُبَرَاءُ أَنَّ التَّخْزِينَ غَيْرَ السَّلِيمِ وَنَقْصَ الْفَحْصِ الدَّوْرِيِّ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَزِيدَا خَطَرَ هٰذِهِ الْحَوَادِثِ.

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Eleven Soldiers Killed in Weapons-Store Explosion in Deir Ezzor

Eleven Syrian soldiers were killed in an explosion on Friday, September 18, at an army site in the Ayash area, west of Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria. Official sources said that the explosion happened at a weapons store near the town.

The Ministry of Defense held a funeral for the soldiers in Deir Ezzor city on Saturday. The ministry said on Friday that it was checking the cause of the incident and assessing its results.

Official media said that rescue workers and firefighters went to the location. Deir Ezzor governorate also said that the site was secured and that an investigation was opened to find out what happened.

This was not the first explosion of this kind in Syria. On September 9, an explosion at a weapons store near Sarmada killed fourteen people. Experts say that unsafe storage and a lack of regular inspection can increase the risk of such incidents.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
اِنْفِجَارٍ noun explosion
مَوْقِعٍ noun site; location
مَخْزَنٍ noun store; storage building
شَيَّعَتْ verb held a funeral procession for
تَتَحَقَّقُ verb investigates; checks
الإِنْقَاذِ noun rescue
الإِطْفَاءِ noun firefighting
أُمِّنَ verb was secured
تَحْقِيقًا noun an investigation
التَّخْزِينَ noun storage
الدَّوْرِيِّ adjective regular; periodic

Sources

  1. Al Jazeera Arabic: 11 قتيلا بانفجار مستودع ذخيرة في دير الزور.. لماذا تتكرر تلك الحوادث؟
  2. Arab News / Agence France-Presse: Syria says Friday blast at military site killed 11

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