World in brief: March 16, 2025
In this photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, members of their team search through the debris of a four-story building after an ordnance from Syria's 13-conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, March 16, 2025
[Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP] 
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.
