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Explosions Heard In Rural Area Near Aleppo

The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear, said The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The night sky over a mosque in Aleppo. A huge blast was heard in a government-controlled rural region south of Aleppo on Saturday night.
The night sky over a mosque in Aleppo. A huge blast was heard in a government-controlled rural region south of Aleppo on Saturday night.
Ammar Abdullah / Reuters

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A huge blast was heard in a Syrian government-controlled area in a rural region south of Aleppo, the Britain-based war monitor The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday.

The Observatory said the cause of the explosion was unknown, as well as its target.

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