Mine blasts in Syrian Desert kill 9 including children
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – Landmine and war remnants’ explosions in the Syrian Desert killed nine people, including children and militants, in the past 24 hours.
A local source from the Syrian Desert said that the two children, Jaber Muhammad al-Azzawi, 11, and Qutada Ahmad al-Azzawi, 13, were killed due to the explosion of a war remnant while they were herding sheep on the outskirts of al-Sukhnah, a town in the east of Homs.
Additionally, a man named Nouri al-Sattam, 53, was killed due to the explosion of a landmine left from previous conflicts while attempting to dismantle a burned vehicle that had been targeted during the period of ISIS control, near the city of Palmyra in the Syrian Desert, according to the source.
The source speculated that the mine was placed by Iranian militias to prevent anyone from approaching the vehicle’s remains.
Another child, Zubair al-Rafi, was killed and another person was injured by the explosion of a landmine left from previous wars while collecting scrap metal for sale in the outskirts of the village of Kabajib, west of Deir ez-Zor.
Five militants of the Iranian-backed Liwa al-Quds were killed in a landmine explosion that hit their vehicle in Ithriyah, a village located in the east of Hama, the source added.
The names of the deceased were identified as Ali al-Saghir, Muhammad al-Bash, Walid Ibrahim, Sadiq al-Abd, and Abu Shadi Dahdah, all of whom were from the city of Safira in the southeastern countryside of Aleppo.