Old landmine explosion kills fighter of Turkish-backed factions in Ras Al-Ain

SOHR activists say that a member of Turkish-backed factions was killed today as result of a landmine explosion near Ras Al-Ain in Al-Hasakeh countryside.

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 271 fatalities, including 65 women and 78 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.