Mines and ISIS remnants continue to claim civilian lives, an explosion kills and injures 3 herders in Hasakah countryside

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a citizen and the injury of two others, due to a landmine explosion of what is left of the “Islamic State” Organization in Hammat Markadah area in Hasakah countryside; while they were grazing sheep.

An increasing number of people killed recently by a landmine, unexploded bombs, and collapse of war-damaged residential buildings in various Syrian areas and cities such as Homs, Hama Deir Ezzor, Aleppo, and southern Syria.

The Syrian Observatory has documented since January 2019 to date some 241 fatalities, including 65 women and 68 children. Of the total number, the Syrian Observatory documented the deaths of 44 people, including 30 women and 5 children, in their search and collect for “Syrian wild truffles”, which put their lives at risk, “Syrian wild truffles” grow in areas that are exposed to heavy rains and are sold at high prices.