Two children from Douma city in Eastern Ghouta east of Damascus suburbs governorate, Mahmoud Muhammad Eiz al Din (age 9) and Ahmad Fahd al Sheikh (age 8 ), elementary school students, who were working in collecting scraps to sell to support their families, were killed on Jul 24, 2022 due to the explosion of munition remnants left by previous shelling, which they found when searching for scraps in Jisr Misraba region near Douma city in Damascus suburbs. The region is controlled by the Syrian regime forces.
SNHR notes that weapons remnants continue to pose a serious threat to civilians, and has issued a large number of reports on cluster munitions and other weapons remnants, calling for special equipment to help the local residents remove all kinds of explosive devices.
SNHR has regularly documented the Syrian regime’s use of personal landmines that will continue to constitute a severe threat to the population of these areas in years to come, especially to children. We’ve documented hundreds of deaths and injuries as a result of cluster munition explosions and the international community must intervene to protect civilians in Syria from the continuing killing.
