Photo Credit: courtesy, Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets)
Image of explosion at Iranian base at Mount Azzan near Aleppo, Syria

A large explosion that took place Monday at an Iranian weapons depot located in a Syrian military base in the Tel Sultan area in the eastern Syrian province of Idlib has been “explained” by a Syrian news site, which claimed the blast was due to “overheating.”

The explosion had generated a host of tweets but few answers about its cause. A few sources speculated that the explosion was the result of an Israeli air strike, but these were all unconfirmed.

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The explosion was subsequently “explained” in an English-language report on a Syrian website.

The report posted at 1:00 am by the Syrian Al-Masdar News said, “The powerful explosion that was reported near the Abu Dhuhour Military Airport on Monday was due to overheating at a local ammo depot. No soldiers or civilians were hurt as a result of the explosion.

“This is the second major explosion to take place at a Syrian military installation as a result of overheating in the last ten days,” the news outlet added, noting at 5:15 pm local time that “pro-opposition activists” had reported the explosion was due to an “Israeli air strike on an Iranian ammunition depot” earlier in the day, but the report was unconfirmed.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.