Two separate incidents | Explosions of war remnants injure three children in Deir Ezzor and Aleppo countryside

SOHR sources have reported that a child was severely injured which led to the amputation of his foot due to the explosion of un unexploded object of war remnants in Al-Hawaeiyqah neighborhood in Deir Ezzor city within regime-held areas.
Similarly, two children were injured due to the explosion of an unexploded object of war remnants on the road to the silos near Mare’a city in northern Aleppo countryside.

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 125 civilians, including 22 women and 44 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2024. In addition, 155 civilians, including 15 women and 79 children, sustained various injuries.

The casualties are distributed regionally as follows:

Regime-controlled areas: 102 fatalities, including 21 women and 29 children, and 101 injured civilians, including 12 women and 38 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 30 injured civilians, including a woman and 23 children.

HTS-held areas: Four fatalities, including two children, and 17 injured civilians, including two women and 13 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 three injured, including two children.

“Olive Branch” area: Four children were injured.

Among the total death toll, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 71 civilians, including 13 children and 19 women, and the injury of 59 others, including ten women and 24 children, due to the explosions of landmines planted previously by ISIS, all in regime-controlled areas.