Rescuers searched through debris and recovered 16 bodies, including five women and five children, and reported that 18 others were injured.

Ordnance from Syria's 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing more than a dozen people, the Syrian Civil Defense

The explosion occurred in a metal scrap storage space on the ground floor of a four-storey building in Latakia.

A massive explosion believed to have been triggered by a scrap dealer handling an old bomb killed at least 16 people in Syria, civil defence officials said Sunday. Syria's civil defence team said 16 people had been killed "as a result of an explosion in a hardware store" in the apartment block.