Two separate incidents | Six children among eight persons injured by explosions of war remnants

Four children sustained various injuries, after having hit with shrapnel caused by the explosion of an old landmine in Jendires district in “Olive  Branch” area in the northern countryside of Aleppo , and they were taken to the hospital.

 

Similarly, a family of four, the father, the mother, their son and baby, were injured by the explosion of an unexploded shell in their tent in Ataa camp near Sheikh Bahr village in HTS-held areas in northern Idlib, and they were taken to the hospital.

 

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 122 civilians, including 22 women and 42 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2024. In addition, 146 civilians, including 14 women and 73 children, sustained various injuries.

 

The casualties are distributed regionally as follows:

 

• Regime-controlled areas: 101 fatalities, including 21 women and 28 children, and 99 injured civilians, including 12 women and 36 children. Among this toll, 49 truffle pickers, including a child and 19 women, were killed and 28 others, including nine women, were injured.

 

• SDF-held areas: 17 fatalities, including 13 children and a woman, and 28 injured civilians, including a woman and 22 children.

 

• HTS-held areas: Two fatalities, a man and a child, and 13 injured civilians, including a woman and 11 children.

 

• Areas where Kurdish and regime forces are deployed: An elderly man was killed and a young man was injured.

 

• “Euphrates Shield” area: A civilian was killed and another was injured.

 

• “Olive Branch” area: Four children were injured.

 

Among the total death toll, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 68 civilians, including 12 children and 19 women, and the injury of 54 others, including ten women and 23 children, due to the explosions of landmines planted previously by ISIS, all in regime-controlled areas.