Old ordnance | Two children injured in landmine explosion in eastern Deir Ezzor

SOHR activists have reported that an old landmine exploded in Al-Sousah town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, injuring two children.

 

Syrian Observatory activists have documented the death of 353 people, including 69 women and 104 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, who 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.