Old ordnance | Landmine explodes in Afrin, killing one civilian

SOHR activists have documented the death of a civilian as an old landmine went off in Afrin canton in the north-western countryside of Aleppo, while he was shepherding cattle.

 

Syrian Observatory activists have documented the death of 308 people including 65 women and 94 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 45 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.