A woman, identified as Kawthar Mustafa al-Sayyed from Kafrta’al village in western rural Aleppo governorate, was killed on December 5, 2024, by a landmine of unidentified source on an agricultural land located on the outskirts of Kafrta’al village. The area is under the control of armed opposition factions and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
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.
