A boy, identified as 17-year-old Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Hammadi al-Dab’an from al-Kharita village in western rural Deir Ez-Zour governorate, was killed on February 14, 2025, by a projectile war remnant of unidentified source that exploded while Mohammad was playing with it in al-Kharita village. The area is under the control of the current transitional authorities in Syria.
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 Assad 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 such lethal dangers.
