Old ordnance | Child killed and three persons of his family injured by explosion of unexploded object in Idlib countryside

Idlib province: A five-year-old boy was killed and his father, mother and three-year-old sister were seriously injured by the explosion of an unexploded object of old ordnance in their house in Sarmin city in Idlib countryside.

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, 152 civilians, including 15 women and 76 children, sustained various injuries.

The casualties are distributed regionally as follows:

• Regime-controlled areas: 102 fatalities, including 21 women and 29 children, and 99 injured civilians, including 12 women and 36 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 17 injured civilians, including two women and 13 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.

• “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.