On December 24, 2024, Lieutenant Sami Faruq al-Sami and Assistant Tareq Mohammad Taleb, members of the Civilian Police affiliated with the al-Bab Security Directorate, were killed, and other civilian injured, by the explosion of landmines of unidentified source in Tal Rhal village in the rural areas of al-Bab city in eastern rural Aleppo governorate. The area is under the control of the Syrian National Army (SNA).
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.
