Landmine blast injures 2 children in Syria’s Tel Tamr
TEL TAMR, Syria (North Press) – On Monday, two children were injured in a landmine explosion in a village in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr, north of Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria.
A military source told North Press that a landmine, a remnant of the Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), exploded in the village of Salmasa in the southwestern countryside of Tel Tamr, injuring two children.
The source added that the injured children are Abdullah al-Muhammad, 11, and Talal al-Muhammad, 12. They sustained wounds, shrapnel injuries, and fractures in the abdominal area and legs.
The children were transferred to al-Rajaa Hospital in the city of Hasakah to receive treatment, according to the source.
Tel Tamr, which has a population of about 25,000 and is 30 km away from the Syrian-Turkish border, is of strategic importance as it is a junction on the M4 Highway linking Hasakah to Aleppo Governorate in the northwest.
The town has been under constant attacks by the Turkish forces and the SNA factions for more than two years.
Parts of the northern and western countryside of the town and the entire southern countryside are protected by the Syriac Military Council and the Assyrian Khabur Guards Forces, while the SNA controls the northern countryside up to the city of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) on the northern border of Syria.