📰 Landmine blast kills one, injures several near airbase in Idlib

IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – One person was killed and multiple others were injured on Monday in a landmine explosion near Abu al-Duhur armed forces airbase in the eastern countryside of Idlib, northwestern Syria. Local sources informed North Press that the explosion occurred as a group of civilians passed near the airbase, killing one person instantly and injuring four others to varying degrees.

The wounded were transferred to nearby medical facilities in the town of Taftanaz, where their injuries were described as moderate. The final casualty toll remains unconfirmed. as per the sources, the mine was a remnant of earlier armed forces operations that took place at the airbase and in its surroundings, amid the persisted presence of landmines and unexploded ordnance in the area.

They added that similar incidents have been declared repeatedly across multiple parts of the Idlib countryside due to the absence of comprehensive mine-clearing efforts, posing an ongoing threat to civilians and significantly increasing daily risks to their lives. Indeed, by Nayef al-Bayoosh