Landmine explosion kills, wounds children in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Monday, a child lost his life and another was wounded when a landmine, likely a remnant of Islamic State (ISIS), exploded in the east of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A local source from the town of al-Dweir, 70 kilometers east of Deir ez-Zor, said the 15-year-old Yasin al-Hamad lost his life and the 13-year-old Muhammad al-Hussein was injured in a landmine explosion left by ISIS on the outskirts of al-Dweir desert.
The source added that al-Hussein was transferred to a hospital in the capital Damascus for treatment as he urgently needs to be subjected to a surgery in the chest due to pieces of shrapnel in his body, according to a doctor at the hospital.
On Feb. 18, two militants of the Iranian-backed Liwa Fatemiyoun were killed when a landmine exploded, likely a remnant of the ISIS, in al-Quriyah desert in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
Since 2017, the Syrian government forces have been combing the desert in response to ISIS increasing practices that have caused the forces massive human and material losses.