Old ordnance | Explosion kills farmer on agricultural land in Hama countryside

SOHR sources say that a farmer was killed as a landmine left over from war exploded in the city of Halfaya in Hama countryside, while he was telling agricultural land.

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 424 fatalities, including 71 women and 137 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.