An explosion at a weapons depot near Sarmada in Idlib killed at least 14 people, Syrian state television said. [1] Reuters filed the Wednesday blast. [1] The New York Times filed the same remnant dump. [2] Fourteen is the named clock. Print 14. Do not print a closed civil war.

A leftover-munitions fire is not Hormuz and not a Jordan base. Cause remains under investigation. Leave a named finding to the edition that owns a named finding.

Print 14. Print unconfirmed as a cause. Wednesday is not a new Syrian front.

Fourteen remains state television's clock, not a closed war.
Wednesday is not a new Syrian front on this Jerusalem world desk.
A remnant dump is still not a Jordan base.
Leftover-munitions fires are the long tail of every Middle Eastern war; depots outlive regimes. Fourteen dead demands more than a location. Wednesday names Sarmada, not the cause.

Naming places without causes is Wednesday's honest limit; Sarmada is named. Causes wait for investigators.

Waiting investigators wait; Wednesday names Sarmada. Fourteen dead. Causes stay unconfirmed.

Depots outlive regimes. Fourteen dead still demands more than a place-name. Wednesday will not invent a cause.

Near Sarmada, state television put at least 14 dead on a weapons dump. Reuters and the Times filed that remnant fire. Idlib's long tail is not a new Syrian war. Cause still belongs to investigators here.
State television put at least 14 dead on a weapons dump. Cause still belongs to investigators. This desk will not invent a war.

Cause still belongs to investigators here. Wednesday's remnant fire is not a new war. Wednesday's remnant fire is not a new Syrian war.

-- YOSEF STERN, Jerusalem