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World in brief: March 16, 2025

SYRIA: Ordnance from Syria’s 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Lattakia, collapsing a building and killing at least 16 people, the Syrian Civil Defence said yesterday.

The paramedic group, known as the White Helmets, said that it worked overnight, searching through debris and recovered 16 bodies, including five women and five children and that 18 others were injured. 

The group and residents said the explosion occurred in a metal scrap storage space on the ground floor of the four-storey building.

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