The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Old ordnance | Land*mine expl*osion inj*ures two children in eastern Aleppo countryside

Aleppo province: Two children were injured due to the explosion of a landmine of war remnants in Al-Ghandora town near Jarablus in eastern Aleppo countryside, where the injured people were taken to Jarablus Hospital to receive proper medication.

Accordingly, SOHR has documented the death of 128 civilians, including nine women and 30 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2023. In addition, over 178 civilians, including 49 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: 117 fatalities, including 22 children and nine women, and 150 injured civilians, including 29 children and three women. There are 65 truffle pickers died, including two children and six women, and 98 others injured.

• “Euphrates Shield” area in east Aleppo countryside: Three fatality, three children, and ten injured people: a woman and nine children.

• SDF-held areas: Four fatalities, including three children, and 12 injured civilians, including seven 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.