3 Explosions in 11 Days.. Concern Among Syrians About Weapons Depots

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After loud explosions shook the Ays area in southern Aleppo countryside around midnight on Sunday to Monday, due to explosions in weapon depots belonging to the Syrian army, questions have arisen about the reasons behind them.

Many Syrians, as well as observers and analysts, have raised questions about the reasons, especially since the recent explosion is the third in 12 days, which has raised many doubts about who is behind them.

The issue is no longer a coincidence; there is a hidden hand tampering with our security. Four explosions in ammunition depots within just 12 days and in different provinces is not negligence or poor storage, but rather a repeated event that is organized and intentional. Someone is trying to deplete the army's strength by blowing up its depots one after another. pic.twitter.com/XtP6rwIAfr

Political researcher and analyst Charles Lister, director of Syria and Counterterrorism Programs at the Middle East Institute in Washington, stated that the occurrence of three explosions in weapon depots belonging to the Ministry of Defense in less than two weeks "seems more than a coincidence."

In a post on X today, Monday, he wrote: "Storage procedures may need improvement, but the occurrence of 3 explosions within 11 days seems more than just a coincidence.. There are significant questions raised about what is happening."]

Meanwhile, a large number of Syrians called on the Ministry of Defense and Syrian authorities to investigate the reasons.

While some accused Israel of being behind these incidents.

An explosion occurred in ammunition depots in the countryside of #Aleppo, specifically in the area of al-Eis. The problem in Syria is not just that we have a huge amount of ammunition that is over ten years old, the problem is that part of it has spent these years under storage conditions that we do not even know if they meet the minimum standards, and today this stock is being moved and collected…

While another section of Syrians considered that "negligence and poor storage" contributed to these explosions, calling on the authorities to clarify the details to the public.

The Syrian authorities announced a few days ago the death of 11 soldiers due to an explosion of unknown origin inside a military site in the Ayash area west of Deir ez-Zor.

On September 9, 14 people were killed and 11 others were injured due to an explosion at a temporary storage site for weapons and war remnants near Sarmada in Idlib, while 5 people were killed at the beginning of the same month due to an explosion of a vehicle loaded with ammunition in the same province.