Damascus: Update at 20.44pm UAE time
An ammunition depot in Damascus exploded Saturday, state media reported, prompting a blast heard by an AFP journalist in the Syrian capital.
"An ammunition depot for the Syrian army in western Damascus exploded after a fire in nearby fields started spreading," state news agency SANA said, citing a military source.
The ammunition depot was located in a military zone in Mashrou Dummar, a western suburb, SANA reported.
The explosion wounded eight pro-government fighters, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor.
The Syrian capital has been relatively calm since regime forces recaptured the Eastern Ghouta suburbs from rebel forces last year.
However, strikes by Syria's rival Israel continue to target military installations around the capital.
More than 370,000 people have been killed in Syria's war since it erupted in 2011 with a violent crackdown on anti-government protests.
June 15, 2019, 20.07 UAE time
An explosion hit a military zone in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Saturday, state media reported.
"The blast heard in Damascus is a result of an explosion in a military zone in Mashrou Dummar", a western suburb, state news agency SANA said.
The source of the explosion was not immediately clear.
