Nineteen civilians including children have been killed in Syria since early November in the explosion of devices left in fields, along roads or even in buildings during the conflict, an NGO said on Saturday.
These explosive devices, left behind by all parties to the conflict that started in 2011, have killed hundreds of civilians and injured thousands more in recent years.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), which has a large network of sources in the country, began monitoring in 1999. In 2020, with 2729 dead and injured, the highest number of annual victims has been documented in this non-signatory country of the Mine Ban Treaty.
The Mine Ban Treaty excludes the use of landmines that explode by human contact, as well as improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that can be activated by the presence, proximity, or contact of a person.