The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Casualties in a landmine explosion southeast of Homs Province

The Syrian Observatory monitored a new incident of the remnant of the war in the countryside of Homs, which continue to claim lives, where at least one person was killed and others were injured by a landmine explosion, it was planted earlier on the outskirts of al-Qaryatayn area in the southeastern countryside of Homs, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 2 people by a landmine planted in the northeastern countryside of Hama earlier, where the mine exploded in the vicinity of al-Sheikh Hilal village in the western countryside of Salamiyah, and controlled by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 21st of November 2018 that a violent explosion was heard in Arafa village in the eastern countryside of Hama, which is under the control of the regime forces, it turned out to be caused by a landmine explosion in a child on the outskirts of the village, which injured her seriously and amputated of one of her upper limbs, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 11th of  November 2018 that a violent explosion was heard today morning in Suha village in Uqayribat Township in the eastern countryside of Hama which is controlled by the regime forces, caused by the explosion of a bomb that did not explode earlier, which injured a child, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights punished last night, the 10th of November 2018, that 6 citizens of the same family were killed as a result of the explosion of a landmine that was planted previously in the northern sector of Hama countryside, where the landmine exploded in their vehicle while they were moving in the area between Al-Zafiriyyah and Al-Zughbah villages, which resulted in the death of 6 citizens of one family including a child, and the reliable sources confirmed that the family is descended from Um Tarkikah village in the southern countryside of Idlib, where the Syrian Observatory monitored in the recent weeks and months, the death of tens of people and injury of tens others due to the explosion of mines and shells’ remnants in both Hama and Idlib countryside.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 31st of October 2018 that landmines continue to claim the lives of people who have not been claimed by the war machines of warplanes, direct gunfire, or assassinations, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the explosion of a landmine in Soran area in the northern countryside of Hama, which killed 2 children and injured others, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 6th of October 2018 that the landmines continue to claim more lives in eastern countryside of Hama, despite the withdrawal of the “Islamic State” Organization from the area for months ago, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring the death of a woman and the injury of about 19 others including citizen women, by the explosion of a landmine in olive-picking workers in Khafsin village in the eastern countryside of Hama, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 23rd of September 2018 that 3 people from Salamiyah city in the eastern countryside of Hama were killed after a week-long of losing contact with them, where sources of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that, after their absence, they were killed by a landmine explosion detonated under a car they were travelling in, where the mine was planted by the “Islamic State” Organization earlier in al-Twinan area in the northeastern countryside of Hama, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 14th of September 2018 that several explosions shook Salamiyah area in the eastern countryside of Hama, which is under the control of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and the Syrian Observatory learned from local sources that the explosions were caused by a person who dropped a large number of shells in Tariq al-Qal’aa area at Salamiyah city, but no information about the motives behind throwing these bomb, and no information about casualty until the moment, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday Thursday that an explosion was heard in the eastern countryside of Salamiyah, caused by an IED explosion near Taldara town in the eastern countryside of Hama, which resulted in the injury of a Brigadier General, and the SOHR published on the 2nd of September 2018, that an explosion was heard in al-Mab’oujeh area in the countryside of Salamiyah city in the eastern countryside of Hama, caused by an explosion targeted a bus on the road between the town and Salamiyah city, which resulted in the death of 6 people including 5 of one family (including 3 women).