Ahmad Muhammad al Daq from Zerdna village in southern Idlib governorate, born in 1994, died on August 28, 2022 due to due to injuries sustained on August 24, 2022 from the explosion of remnants of a previous shelling from an unknown source, while he was working at a workshop for melting down metal scraps near Ma’aret Misreen town in northern Idlib governorate.
SNHR notes that the same explosion killed another civilian one day after the incident, raising the toll of civilian victims to two.
The region is under the joint control of Hay’at Tahrir al Sham and armed opposition factions. SNHR notes that weapons remnants continue to pose a serious threat to civilians, and we have 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.
