Old ordnance | Child injured by explosion of old landmine in Idlib countryside

Idlib province: A child was injured in his foot with shrapnel due to the explosion of an old landmine in Ma’art Al-Na’asan village in Idlib countryside within HTS-held areas.

 

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, 156 civilians, including 15 women and 80 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 18 injured civilians, including two women and 14 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 civilians, including two children were injured.

 

• “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.