The explosion reportedly killed 4civilians and injured 4 others, including two children and a young woman. Acivil defense team transferred the injured from the National Hospital OfSalamiyah to another one in Hama for treatment.
Between November 26, 2024, andJanuary 18, 2025, the Civil Defense announced that its demining teams hadremoved over 1,060 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and identified 134 minefieldsacross Syrian provinces. These efforts allegedly aim to protect civilians andfacilitate their safe return to their homes.
Over the past 14 years, the SyrianNetwork for Human Rights (SNHR) has documented the widespread use ofanti-personnel landmines (APLs), including remnants of cluster munitions,resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.
The regime fell on December 8, 2024,at the hands of opposition factions during the Deterrence of Aggression battle,which began on November 27, 2024. Following the withdrawal of Al-Assad's forcesfrom previously controlled areas, remnants of war—landmines, unexplodedordnance, and hazardous munitions—were left behind, posing a constant threat todisplaced persons and refugees who have regained hope of returning to theirhomes.
Syria recorded the highest globalnumber of landmine casualties for three consecutive years—2020, 2021, and 2022.In 2023, the country ranked second, with 933 deaths caused by landmines,trailing Myanmar, which recorded 1,003 casualties, according to the LandmineMonitor.
The network further estimated thatover 10,400 individuals sustained injuries of varying severity.
The War Remnants and AmmunitionClearance Program revealed that, from the fall of the regime until December 31,2024, incidents involving war remnants claimed the lives of 55 people, a thirdof whom were women and children. All of them were reportedly killed due tolandmines and unexploded ordnance in Homs, Hama, Idlib, Deir ez-Zor, andAleppo.
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