according toSyria The National News Agency reported on the 30th that unexploded bombs and landmines exploded in Hasakah, Daraa and Hama provinces in Syria that day, killing three children and injuring six others.
Two landmines exploded in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province and southern Daraa province, killing two children and injuring three others. In northern Hama province in central Syria, a cluster bomb exploded as several children were playing in a residential yard, killing one child and injuring three others, one of them seriously.
The long-term conflict in Syria has left large numbers of landmines, cluster munitions and other unexploded ordnance in many locations across the country, posing a threat to civilian life. In recent years, there have been several incidents of civilian casualties caused by mines.united nations A report released by UNICEF in April this year estimated that about 5 million children in Syria live in areas contaminated by landmines and other unexploded bombs, and related explosives scattered around roads, fields, homes and schools.
Since the beginning of 2026, unexploded bombs and landmine explosions have killed 276 people, including 108 children, and injured 440 people, including 169 children, according to data from the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
