On September 1, 2024, four civilians, including two women and a girl, sustained injuries of various severity by the explosion of a landmine of unidentified source in al-Bghiliya neighborhood in Deir Ez-Zour city. They were then transferred to a hospital for treatment. The area is under the control of Syrian regime forces.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) is still trying to locate eyewitnesses to obtain more information about the incident.
We call on the controlling forces to uphold their responsibilities for protecting civilians in areas under their control, and to locate and remove landmines planted in these areas. We have documented hundreds of deaths and injuries resulting from landmine explosions, which pose a serious, long-term threat, especially to children, that will last for years to come.
