The death toll of the deadly explosion at the Shayrat air base in central Homs province has reached a total of 31, an activist group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was unclear what had caused the deadly explosion at the Shayrat air base in Homs province.
But state news agency SANA reported that a “technical fault during the transport of expired ammunition” had killed an unspecified number of victims.
Four officers, including two Colonels, were among the deaths, according to Zaman al-Wasl sources.
The Shayrat air base is one of the regime’s most significant installations in the center of the country. Iranian fighters, who support the regime in Syria’s ongoing civil war, are based there, according to the Observatory.
In 2017, U.S. airstrikes hit the base and killed six soldiers in response to a sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in northwest Syria that killed more than 80 people.
According to the Pentagon, U.S. intelligence had established that the base was the launchpad for the alleged chemical attack.
Syria's war has killed more than 560,000 people and displaced millions since it started in 2011 with a brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests.
Zaman Al Wasl, AFP
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