War remnants | Landmine explosion kills man and woman in Salamiyah countryside east oh Hama

Hama province: A man and a woman died due to an old landmine which exploded under the motorbike they were riding, in Al-Azib valley in the eastern countryside of Salamiyah east of Hama.
It is worth noting that war remnants are prevalent over large geographical areas across Syria, amid inaction by authorities and local organisations which have exerted no efforts to remove them.
Accordingly, SOHR has documented the death of 77 civilians, including four women and 25 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2023. In addition, over 147 civilians, including 40 children and four women, sustained various injuries.
The casualties are distributed regionally as follows:
• Areas controlled by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and opposition factions in Idlib: Three fatalities; including a child, and five injured civilians, including three children.
• Regime-controlled areas: 69 fatalities, including 19 children and four women, and 123 injured civilians, including 23 children and three women. There are 32 truffle pickers died, including a child and two women, and 82 others injured.
• “Euphrates Shield” area in east Aleppo countryside: One fatality, a child, and eight injured people: a woman and seven children.
• SDF-held areas: Three fatalities; three children, and ten injured civilians, including six children. There is a little truffle picker among the injured people.
• “Peace Spring” area in north Al-Raqqah countryside: A child was killed and another was injured.