DAMASCUS, Nov 25 (NNN-SANA) – At least five children were killed on Sunday, when a landmine exploded inside a school, in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, a war monitor reported.
The landmine exploded inside the Ibn Sina school, in the village of Taybeh, on the outskirts of Mayadeen city, in the countryside of Deir al-Zour, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The death toll could rise, given the critically wounded children, the Britain-based watchdog added.
It is the latest incident in Mayadeen, where people are killed by the war’s leftovers, as the city was under the control of the Daesh militant group before the government retook its control last year.
A total of 213, including 27 children, were killed by landmine explosions in Syria in 2019, according to the Observatory.– NNN-SANA
