61 Syrians killed due to explosive remnants of war

DAMASCUS, Dec. 24 (YPA) – A Syrian young man was killed, and a man and his child were injured on Monday, due to the explosion of a landmine and  explosive remnants of war that spread across large areas of Syrian territory.

This brings the total number of casualties from the explosive remnants of war in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime on December 8 to 61 people.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a man in his 40s and his eight year-old son were injured in the explosion of a landmine of war remnants, while they were on a motorbike on the outskirts of Al-Masrib Town in western Deir Ezzor countryside heading towards the market in “Deterrence of Aggression” operation areas.

In the same context, a 19 year-old young man died in the explosion of a landmine in Khasham Town eastern of Deir Ezzor within SDF-held areas.

Since the announcement of the toppling of the regime president, Bashar Al-Assad, on December 8, the Syrian Observatory has documented the death of 61 civilians, including 45 men, ten children and five women, and the injury of 56 others, including 29 children and four women, by explosions of old ordnance in different provinces across Syria.

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