Old ordnance | Landmine explosion leaves child dead in Daraa countryside

Daraa province: An eight-year-old child was killed due to the explosion of an old landmine in Al-Sheikh Meskein city in central Daraa countryside.

Accordingly, SOHR has documented the death of 105 civilians, including 21 women and 34 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2024. In addition, 118 civilians, including 13 women and 61 children, sustained various injuries.

The casualties are distributed regionally as follows:

• Regime-controlled areas: 88 fatalities, including 21 women and 20 children, and 82 injured civilians, including 12 women and 32 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: 15 fatalities, including 13 children, and 28 injured civilians, including a woman and 22 children.

• HTS-held areas: One fatality, a child, and seven injured children.

• Areas where Kurdish and regime forces are deployed: A young man was injured.

• “Euphrates Shield” area: A civilian was killed.

Among the total death toll, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 68 civilians, including 12 children and 19 women, and the injury of 54 others, including ten women and 23 children, due to the explosions of landmines planted previously by ISIS, all in regime-controlled areas.