A boy, identified as 12-year-old Maher Awad al-Awad from Deir al-Adas village in northern rural Daraa governorate, was killed on July 25, 2024, by the explosion of a cluster bomb left by a previous Syrian regime bombardment. The bomb detonated when Maher found it near a water pool in the middle of his home village. The area is under the control of Syrian regime forces.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) notes that war remnants continue to pose a serious threat to civilians’ lives. We have released numerous reports on cluster munitions and other war remnants, calling for securing equipment to help local residents to safely dispose of the various explosive remnants. We have also recorded the use of anti-personnel landmines (APLs) by Syrian regime forces, posing a serious threat to anyone in the vicinity, especially children, for years to come. We have recorded hundreds of injuries that resulted from cluster munition remnants. The international community must intervene to protect the civilians in Syria from the ongoing bloodbath.
