Israeli-made SPICE 250 munition found in Syria

An unexploded Israeli-made SPICE 250 precision-guided munition was discovered in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor governorate. The discovery follows a powerful explosion in the al-Bujama’a area, which state broadcaster Al-Ikhbariya attributed to children tampering with old war remnants, though social media footage showed a significantly larger blast.

These incidents occur amidst a wave of explosions at various ammunition and weapons storage sites across Syria. On October 26, another explosion occurred near Saraqib in Idlib, where footage showed projectiles being launched into the air. While local authorities reported no casualties in Saraqib, the region has seen several deadly incidents recently, including a September 9 blast near Sarmada that killed 21 people and a September 18 explosion at a Defense Ministry barracks in Deir ez-Zor that killed 11 personnel.

Since the removal of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, Reuters has documented at least 16 explosions at Syrian weapons depots. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 37 people have died and approximately 27 have been injured in five separate incidents involving weapons storage sites since the beginning of September.