40 killed in Syrian blast

Forty people were killed and at least 120 were wounded in an explosion at a weapons cache in the central Syrian city of Homs, a group opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said.

The explosion occurred in the south-eastern district of Wadi al-Dhahab, which the army has taken over, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The group has a network of sources in the opposition and state security forces.