The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Remnants of the Syrian war continue to explode all over the areas causing more casualties

A citizen was seriously injured and his leg amputated, as a result of a landmine explosion in the vicinity of al-Hwyja village in Sahl al-Ghab at the northwestern countryside of Hama Friday morning, where it exploded when he passed through an agricultural road to inspect his house in the village, where villages of Sahl al-Ghab are under constant bombardment, and the area is full of tens of unexploded shells, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 21st of November 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 2 children and a young man as a result of the explosion of a missile of the war’s leftovers in the vicinity of Maarrat Al-Nu’man city in Idlib countryside, it is noteworthy that the area is under daily intensive shelling, and the unexploded ordnances are considered source of income for those who make a career of looking for them. Thus, it rose to 207 people including 61 women and 52 children, the number of people who were killed by mines and IED explosions in several areas of the Syrian territory in Homs, Hama, and Deir Ezzor since the beginning of January 2019 until today.