Old landmine explodes leaving one civilian dead in northern rural Deir ez-Zor

The Syrian Observatory has documented the death of a civilian as a result of a landmine explosion left over from the war, near the village of Al-Namliya in northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, while he was travelling on a motorcycle in that area.

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 258 fatalities, including 65 women and 73 children. Of the total number, the Syrian Observatory documented the deaths of 45 people, including 30 women and five 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.