Land-mine explosion kills civilian in north-east of Hama

SOHR activists have documented the killing of a civilian in Suran area due to the explosion of an old land-mine planted in agricultural land in Maan village, north-east of Hama.

Syrian Observatory activists have documented the death of 252 people including 65 women and 70 children, by mines and IED explosions and the collapse of cracked residential buildings in several areas of the Syrian territory in Homs, Hama, Deir Ezzor, Aleppo and the Syrian South since early January 2019.

Among the total death toll, there are 44 persons, including 30 women and five children, were killed during their search and collection of the truffle which grows in the areas that is subjected to heavy rain, and it is sold at very high prices.