Old ordnances explode, leaving one civilian and a child dead in rural Daraa

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented today the death of a civilian in Daraa al-Balad as a result of an old ordnance explosion left over from the war.

Meanwhile, a child was killed as two bombs exploded in a house in Bosra al-Sham city in Daraa 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 278 fatalities, including 65 women and 80 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.