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MADRID 3 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least two people died this Thursday due to the explosion of a landmine on a road located between the villages of Shanbar and Ain al Ashra, in Jabal al Akrad, in the Latakia governorate, in northwestern Syria.
The Syrian Civil Defense, popularly known as ‘white helmets’, has explained through a statement published on its website that the mine exploded during the day when a car carrying three people passed by, although the cause is unknown. whereabouts of the third.
In addition, he reported that five children were injured when another landmine detonated near their home in the town of Kafr Halab, Aleppo governorate, and that another male was injured in a similar situation in the town of Rakaya. Sajna, in the Idlib governorate.
“Syria witnesses the explosion of war remnants almost daily, with hundreds of thousands of them scattered over large areas as a delayed death left by the Assad regime and its allies’ war against Syrians, threatening their lives and preventing them from settling.” and return to their homes and work on their farms, and deepening the gap in humanitarian needs,” he denounced.
In recent weeks, he has warned that the explosion of war remains has intensified “significantly” after the collapse of the regime of Bashar al Assad, who fled the country on December 8, 2024 after the offensive of jihadists and rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), due to developments on the ground and the disappearance of contact lines where unexploded mines are widespread.
This situation constitutes a threat to the lives of civilians, creating dangerous conditions that prevent them from returning to their homes and working on their farms. In fact, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has estimated around 240 civilians killed, including 69 children, and 308 injured, including 161 children, due to the explosion of unexploded ordnance throughout the year 2024.