The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Planted earlier by ISIS | Young man killed and another injured in landmine explosion in Al-Shoula desert in Deir Ezzor countryside

Deir Ezzor province: A young man was killed and another was severely injured due to the explosion of a landmine planted earlier by ISIS in Al-Shoula desert in Deir Ezzor countryside, while attempting to save their livestock, where the injured one was taken to the hospital for treatment.
This comes after an attack by ISIS members on a group of regime forces and “National Defence Forces” while they were in Al-Shoula desert searching for the shepherds.

Accordingly, SOHR has documented the death of 221 civilians, including 19 women and 67 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2023. In addition, over 264 civilians, including 89 children and 14 women, sustained various injuries.

The casualties are distributed regionally as follows:

Areas controlled by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and opposition factions in Idlib: Three fatalities; including a child, and 17 injured civilians, including ten children and a woman.

Regime-controlled areas: 187 fatalities, including 44 children and 16 women, and 302 injured civilians, including 89 children and ten women. There are 89 truffle pickers died, including two children and ten women, and 109 others injured.

“Euphrates Shield” area in east Aleppo countryside: Four fatality, four children, and ten injured people: a woman and nine children.

SDF-held areas: 26 fatalities, including 17 children and three women, and 29 injured civilians, including 21 children and a woman. There is two truffle pickers among the fatalities and a little truffle picker among the injured people.

“Peace Spring” area in north Al-Raqqah countryside: A child was killed and another was injured.