BEIRUT — Explosive remnants of Syria’s war
killed nearly 30 civilians, including more than a dozen children, last month, a
war monitoring group said Wednesday.
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The Britain-based
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “29 civilians, including 12 children, died from explosive remnants
in March” and added that another 29 were wounded.
The latest toll brings to 73 the total number of
people killed by explosive remnants since the start of the year, according to
the monitor, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria.
Explosives left by all sides in fields, along roads
or even in buildings in Syria’s decade-long conflict have wounded thousands of
civilians and killed hundreds of others.
Across the country, one in three communities are
thought to be contaminated by explosive ordnance, says the UN.
In 2020, Syria overtook
Afghanistan as the country
with the highest number of recorded casualties from landmines and explosive
remnants of war, with 2,729 people killed or wounded, according to the Landmine
Monitor.
In 2021, 241
civilians were killed and 128 wounded by explosive remnants across Syria, said
the Observatory.
Syria’s war is estimated to have killed nearly half a
million people and displaced millions since it began with a brutal crackdown of
anti-government protests in 2011.
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