Syria blast kills 39, including 12 children

An explosion in a residential building thought to be storing weapons and ammunition in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib killed at least 39 people, including 12 children, on Sunday, a war monitor said. The explosion happened in the town of Sarmada, near the Turkish border and north of the provincial capital Idlib city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Syrian civilians, displaced during the country’s seven-year war were living in the building, which was also used by an arms dealer.