Landmine Explosions Continue to Claim Lives in Several Syrian Areas
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the continued occurrence of casualties over the past hours, including children, due to explosions caused by war remnants in various areas, reflecting the ongoing daily danger threatening civilians’ lives.
News Center _ The tragedy fo war remnants in Syria continues to claim lives and injure civilians, in a harsh humanitarian scene reflecting a daily danger threatening the population, especially children and shepherds in rural and desert areas.
Over the past 24 hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recorded a new toll of civilian casualties resulting from explosions caused by war remnants in various parts of the country, in a scene reflecting the ongoing danger threatening residents’ lives daily, especially children and those working in rural areas.
The Observatory reported the killing of four civilians, including two children, a man, and his wife, while four others, including two children, were injured due to landmine explosions and unexploded ordnance. In the city of Al-Mayadeen in the Deir ez-Zor countryside, a child lost his life after an explosion of a war remnant, in an incident confirming that unexploded ordnance continues to lie in wait for civilians in workplaces and gatherings.
In the southern Idlib countryside, a man and his wife lost their lives following a landmine explosion in the village of Samaka in the Maarat al-Numan area. This incident adds to the series of daily tragedies affecting civilians in areas contaminated by war remnants. These recurring incidents reaffirm that landmines and war remnants continue to pose a direct threat to residents' lives, amid an urgent need for demining efforts and the actual clearance of affected areas to reduce the continued toll of casualties.
A child was killed and two others injured with varying wounds following a landmine explosion in the Rawdat Al-Wahsh area of the Al-Sukhnah desert east of Homs. The injured were transported to hospital for treatment, with confirmations that some sustained serious injuries, reflecting the scale of danger threatening children in desert areas contaminated by war remnants.
In a separate incident, two people working in sheep herding were injured with varying wounds following a landmine explosion near the village of Al-Dabs, north of the city of Ain Issa in the Raqqa countryside. They were taken to a nearby medical point for necessary care.
These recurring incidents confirm that war remnants continue to pose a daily threat to civilians' lives, especially in rural and desert areas that have turned into hazardous zones, amid an urgent need to intensify demining efforts and effectively clear contaminated lands to reduce the continued toll of casualties.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights pointed out that the recurrence of these incidents proves that the danger of war remnants remains a daily part of civilians' lives, as agricultural and rural lands have turned into silent death fields threatening residents at every moment, in the absence of effective clearance operations that would limit this ongoing human hemorrhage.
With casualties continuing almost daily, the Observatory drew attention to the urgent need to take serious and immediate action to clear areas of landmines and war remnants, and to reduce this danger that continues to snatch civilians' lives without pause, in a humanitarian scene reflecting the scale of escalating suffering.
The Observatory renewed its appeal to relevant authorities and specialized international and humanitarian organizations regarding the necessity of taking real and effective measures to move demining and war remnants clearance operations from the stage of promises and plans to actual implementation, ensuring the protection of civilians and putting an end to this ongoing danger that claims lives and leaves tragedies day after day.