{"id":126614,"date":"2025-06-18T10:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=126614"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:26:16","slug":"landmine-blast-kills-man-injures-child-in-syrias-homs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria&#8217;s Homs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOMS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>One man was killed and a child injured on Wednesday after a landmine left behind from the war exploded while they were herding sheep in the eastern countryside of Homs, central Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A local source told North Press that Nawfal al-Dabbous, 29, lost his life and his young son was critically injured when the landmine detonated near the village of Jbab Hamad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The source noted that the incident is part of a growing number of similar explosions in Syria\u2019s desert, particularly in eastern Homs, where landmines and unexploded ordnance from years of conflict remain scattered and deadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abbas al-Ali, an administrator at Jebb al-Jarrah Hospital east of Homs, confirmed that al-Dabbous succumbed to his injuries, while his son Yasser is in critical condition and receiving medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to data from humanitarian and human rights organizations, explosive remnants of war have killed and injured thousands of civilians across Syria, including many women and children. The rising toll has intensified calls for greater mine clearance operations and public awareness campaigns to reduce the risk to residents living in contaminated areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Hani Salem<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOMS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 One man was killed and a child injured on Wednesday after a landmine left behind from the war exploded while they were herding sheep in the eastern countryside of Homs, central Syria. A local source told North Press that Nawfal al-Dabbous, 29, lost his life and his young son was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":126615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-home","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria&#039;s Homs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HOMS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 One man was killed and a child injured on Wednesday after a landmine left behind from the war exploded while they were herding\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria&#039;s Homs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HOMS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 One man was killed and a child injured on Wednesday after a landmine left behind from the war exploded while they were herding\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-18T10:25:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-18T10:26:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/landmines-750x430-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"semav1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\"},\"headline\":\"Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria&#8217;s Homs\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-18T10:25:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-18T10:26:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/landmines-750x430-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"COMMUNITY\",\"HOME\",\"SYRIA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/\",\"name\":\"Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria's Homs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/landmines-750x430-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-18T10:25:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-18T10:26:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"HOMS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 One man was killed and a child injured on Wednesday after a landmine left behind from the war exploded while they were herding\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/landmines-750x430-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/landmines-750x430-1.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":430},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/126614\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria&#8217;s Homs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"description\":\"North press agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"width\":682,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"North press agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NPA.SYR\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NPA_English\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/northpressagency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\",\"name\":\"semav1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"semav1\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/semav1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria's Homs","description":"HOMS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 One man was killed and a child injured on Wednesday after a landmine left behind from the war exploded while they were herding","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria's Homs","og_description":"HOMS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 One man was killed and a child injured on Wednesday after a landmine left behind from the war exploded while they were herding","og_url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/","og_site_name":"North press agency","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","article_published_time":"2025-06-18T10:25:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-18T10:26:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/landmines-750x430-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"semav1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NPA_English","twitter_site":"@NPA_English","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"semav1","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/"},"author":{"name":"semav1","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0"},"headline":"Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria&#8217;s Homs","datePublished":"2025-06-18T10:25:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-18T10:26:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/"},"wordCount":196,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/landmines-750x430-1.jpg","articleSection":["COMMUNITY","HOME","SYRIA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/","name":"Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria's Homs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/landmines-750x430-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-18T10:25:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-18T10:26:16+00:00","description":"HOMS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 One man was killed and a child injured on Wednesday after a landmine left behind from the war exploded while they were herding","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/landmines-750x430-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/landmines-750x430-1.jpg","width":750,"height":430},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126614\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria&#8217;s Homs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","name":"North press agency","description":"North press agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"North press agency","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","width":682,"height":388,"caption":"North press agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NPA_English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northpressagency\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0","name":"semav1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"semav1"},"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/author\/semav1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126616,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126614\/revisions\/126616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}