Herding sheep | Three children injured in explosion of object of w*a*r remnants in Al-Raqqa

Al-Raqqa province: Three children were injured while playing with an explosive object of war remnants, where they were herding sheep northern of Ja’abar checkpoint in Al-Tabaka countryside 50 kilometres western to Al-Raqqa within SDF-held areas, and they injured people were taken to the hospital to receive proper medication.

Accordingly, SOHR has documented the death of 151 civilians, including 22 women and 53 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2024. In addition, 202 civilians, including 23 women and 93 children, sustained various injuries.

The casualties are distributed regionally as follows:

Regime-controlled areas: 120 fatalities, including 21 women and 33 children, and 122 injured civilians, including 17 women and 42 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: 23 fatalities, including 17 children and a woman, and 39 injured civilians, including a woman and 27 children.

HTS-held areas: Six fatalities, including three children, and 19 injured civilians, including three women and 14 children.

Areas where Kurdish and regime forces are deployed: A man was killed and 15 others, including four children and two women, were injured.

“Euphrates Shield” area: A civilian was killed and a man and two children were injured.

“Olive Branch” area: Four children were injured.

Among the total death toll, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 75 civilians, including 13 children and 19 women, and the injury of 65 others, including 12 women and 27 children, due to the explosions of landmines planted previously by ISIS, mostly in regime-controlled areas.