Ayyoub Fajr al Abrash and Muhammad Omar al Fares were killed on August 21 when a landmine of so-far unknown origin exploded in a farmland in al Fattira village in the southern suburbs of Idlib governorate. SNHR is still trying to contact witnesses to obtain more details of the incident.
SNHR calls on the governing forces in each area to bear responsibility for protecting civilians in the areas under their control, to reveal the sites of planted landmines and to remove them. We have documented hundreds of deaths and injuries resulting from landmine explosions, which will continue to constitute a real threat to people, particularly children, for several years to come.
