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| 7 kills including a child in central Syria mine blast |
| 2021-11-07 |
| [AlAhram] A landmine explosion killed seven people, including a child, in Homs province of central Syria on Saturday, a war monitor reported. It detonated as a vehicle with the seven on board passed through a desert road outside the historic city of Palmyra, the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "It destroyed the vehicle and killed all the passengers inside, which included two women, a child, and four men," said the monitor, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria. Explosives left in fields, along roads or even in buildings by all sides in Syria's decade-long conflict have maimed thousands of civilians and killed hundreds of others. The Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor recorded 182 casualties last year in Syria, mainly from cluster munition remnants. The figure accounted for nearly half of the 360 cluster munition casualties documented across the world in 2020, according to the watchdog. It has recorded a total of 4,099 cluster munition casualties in Syria, including 2,102 in attacks and 1,997 from cluster munition remnants. Across Syria, one in three populated communities are thought to be contaminated by explosive ordnance, the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... said in March. One in two people are at risk from explosive ordnance contamination, it added in a report. Syria's war has killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions since it began with the brutal repression of anti-government protests in 2011. Related: Homs: 2021-10-21 Likely US airstrikes on Iranian-linked positions in eastern Syria soon Homs: 2021-10-21 On the 13th October 2021 during the reported IDF airstrike around Palmyra, Syria the ''Qatari Royal Villa'' was struck, several structures were targeted Homs: 2021-10-15 Strike yesterday by Israel reportedly hit near a crude oil processing plant south of Palmyra in Syria and a communications tower nearby Related: Palmyra: 2021-10-21 Report: Russia disbanding Syrian militia it formed, opening up Golan for Iran Palmyra: 2021-10-21 On the 13th October 2021 during the reported IDF airstrike around Palmyra, Syria the ''Qatari Royal Villa'' was struck, several structures were targeted Palmyra: 2021-10-15 Strike yesterday by Israel reportedly hit near a crude oil processing plant south of Palmyra in Syria and a communications tower nearby |
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