The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Old ordnance | Woman kil*led in landm*ine expl*osion in Manbij countryside

Aleppo province: A woman was killed in explosion of a landmine of war remnants in Arab Hassan Kabir Village in Manbij countryside eastern of Aleppo within SDF-held areas.

Accordingly, SOHR has documented the death of 120 civilians, including 22 women and 41 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2024. In addition, 136 civilians, including 13 women and 65 children, sustained various injuries.

The casualties are distributed regionally as follows:

Regime-controlled areas: 100 fatalities, including 21 women and 27 children, and 98 injured civilians, including 12 women and 35 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: 16 fatalities, including 13 children and a woman, and 28 injured civilians, including a woman and 22 children.

HTS-held areas: Two fatalities, a child and a man, and eight injured 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 another was injured.

Among the total death toll, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 68 civilians, including 12 children and 19 women, and the injury of 55 others, including ten women and 23 children, due to the explosions of landmines planted previously by ISIS, all in regime-controlled areas.