The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Old ordnance | Sheep herder killed in eastern Al-Raqqah countryside

SOHR activists have documented the death of a young man, while he was herding sheep, by the explosion of an old landmine in Shaninah village in the eastern countryside of Al-Raqqah.

Accordingly, SOHR has documented the death of 100 civilians, including four women and 41 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2022. In addition, 115 civilians, including eight women and 67 children, sustained various injuries in the same period. Among the total death toll, a man and his son were killed in the collapse of a war-damaged building in Darya city in Rif Dimashq.