(13 Jun 2021) STORYLINE
A mysterious explosion rocked northwest Syria on May 3rd killing at least one person and wounding seven others, opposition activists said.
The activists said the explosion occurred as an armed drone flew over the outskirts of the village of Foua in Idlib province, the last major rebel stronghold in the war-torn country.
The explosion occurred near a tented settlement for displaced people but none of them were hurt, the activists said.
The Britain-based Syrian observatory for Human Rights said the explosion occurred at a weapons facility for jihadi fighters from the former Soviet Union.
Idlib-based citizen journalist Salwa Abdul-Rahman said the explosion was caused by a missile fired from a drone.
U.S. drone attacks in the past have targeted jihadi fighters, mostly al-Qaida-linked militants.
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Medical workers expressed concern for people in northern Syria on on June 13th after one of the region's largest hospitals was badly damaged by a missile attack.
Rubble filled the hallways of the al-Shifaa hospital in Afrin, a Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed fighters.
It was not immediately clear who was behind Saturday's shelling, which came from areas where government troops and Kurdish-led fighters are deployed.
"Currently work has halted here because of the massive destruction of the hospital. This is a terrorist act and we strongly condemn it," said Hassan Adnan, the head of the hospital.
The attack killed at least 13 people, including two medical staff.
A war monitor, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, put the death toll at 18.
The discrepancy could not be immediately reconciled.
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