DAMASCUS, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A total of nine militiamen of the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces were wounded on Wednesday in an explosion in a weapon depot in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah, a war monitor reported.

Five security troops and four fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were wounded in the weapon depot's explosion in the Mesherfeh neighborhood on the western outskirts of Hasakah, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Britain-based group said the massive explosion caused damage outside the vicinity of the weapon depot that belongs to the SDF.

The causes of the explosion are still unknown, it added.

Meanwhile, state news agency SANA also said a "powerful explosion" took place in an SDF weapon depot in Hasakah.

The SDF cordoned off the area and warplanes were flying at a low altitude in the area of the explosion, according to SANA. Enditem

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