{"id":124079,"date":"2025-04-08T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=124079"},"modified":"2025-04-08T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:00:09","slug":"war-remnants-kill-injure-600-in-syria-since-december-hrw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124079\/","title":{"rendered":"War remnants kill, injure 600 in Syria since December \u2013 HRW\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Human Rights Watch (HRW) revealed on Tuesday that more than 600 people were killed or injured in Syria due to landmines and explosive remnants of war since the fall of Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s regime in December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOver 600 people, including children, have been killed or injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war across Syria since December 2024,\u201d the HRW announced in a fresh 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