Syria's Silent War: The Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Crisis

Assessment of the Unexploded Ordnance Crisis in Syria: Post-Conflict Trends, Governance, and Impacts

1. Introduction and Key Findings

The cessation of major combat operations in Syria in late 2024 has paradoxically triggered a new, acute phase of the country's humanitarian crisis: a dramatic escalation in incidents involving unexploded ordnance (UXO) and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). The return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the resumption of agricultural and reconstruction activities in formerly inaccessible areas have led to a sharp increase in civilian casualties.

Analysis of incident data from January 2024 to March 2025 reveals a critical inflection point. After a consistent baseline of 15-25 incidents per month through most of 2024, the numbers surged from 19 in November 2024 to 64 in December, peaking at 118 in January 2025—a six-fold increase. This trend indicates that the risk to civilians is not a static legacy issue but an active and expanding threat directly correlated with post-conflict population movements. This report provides a data-driven assessment of the scale, geographical distribution, human impact, evolving government response, and systemic challenges of Syria's UXO crisis.

2. Scale and Geographical Distribution of Contamination

The UXO problem in Syria is extensive, with an estimated 15.4 million people living in proximity to hazardous areas. Contamination is not confined to former battlefields but is pervasive in agricultural lands, residential neighborhoods, critical infrastructure, and transportation routes.

Key Affected Governorates and Regions: The threat is nationwide, but analysis of reported incidents from December 2024 to June 2025 shows a high concentration of casualties and device discovery in the following governorates:

North-West Syria (Idlib and Aleppo): These regions, scenes of prolonged and intense fighting, are heavily contaminated. Sub-districts such as Kafr Nobol, A'zaz, Tall Refaat, Saraqeb, and Ma'arret An Nu'man are frequently cited in incident reports. The return of IDPs to these areas is a primary driver of new casualties.
Southern Syria (Daraa and Suwayda): Daraa, a focal point of the initial uprising and subsequent battles, is littered with explosive remnants. Incidents are common in towns like al-Sanamayn, Busra al-Harir, and Inkhil. In Suwayda, the desert areas and the vicinity of former military installations like the al-Thaala Airport are high-risk zones.
Eastern and Central Syria (Deir-ez-Zor, Homs, and Hama): These governorates contain vast tracts of desert used for truffle hunting and grazing, activities that have proven exceptionally deadly. The outskirts of cities like Palmyra and al-Salamiyah, along with rural villages, report consistent casualties from landmines left by various factions, including ISIS.
Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside): The suburbs of Damascus, particularly areas like Douma and the Qalamoun region, remain hazardous, with incidents frequently reported as civilians attempt to clear rubble and restart their lives.

Types of Contamination: The threat is diverse, complicating clearance efforts. It includes:

Conventional Landmines: Laid by former regime forces and other groups along defensive lines.
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs): Extensively used by ISIS and other non-state actors, often designed to target civilians and hidden in homes, on roads, or as vehicle-borne devices (VBIEDs).
Cluster Munition Remnants: Submunitions that failed to detonate on impact are scattered across wide areas, often mistaken for toys by children.
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO): Includes artillery shells, mortars, and munitions from barrel bombs and airstrikes that did not explode. A single building in Nayrab, Idlib, was destroyed on February 20, 2025, when a collection of such items detonated, killing eight civilians.

The sheer scale of contamination, particularly across expansive and topographically challenging agricultural and desert terrains such as those in Hama, Homs, and Deir-ez-Zor, presents a significant challenge for traditional ground-based survey methods. The time and risk involved in manual survey of such large areas makes a compelling case for the integration of wide-area aerial assessment technologies. Airborne sensor platforms can rapidly map vast tracts of land, identifying high-probability hazardous zones and enabling ground teams to prioritize their clearance efforts far more efficiently and safely.

3. Human Impact and Casualty Analysis

The primary victims of the post-conflict UXO crisis are civilians engaged in fundamental life-sustaining activities. Between December 2024 and mid-2025, over 400 civilians were confirmed killed by UXO, with hundreds more injured.

Primary Victim Profiles:

Farmers, Shepherds, and Laborers: This group is at extreme risk. An estimated 80% of agricultural fields in some of the most fertile regions are contaminated.
- Example (January 8, 2025): A farmer was killed in Herbel, northern Aleppo, when his tractor triggered an unexploded munition.
- Example (February 11, 2025): Ten civilians were killed and three injured by a landmine while hunting for truffles in the Hamimah area of Deir-ez-Zor.
Children: Accounting for approximately 25% of all victims, children are uniquely vulnerable. 61% of child casualties occur while playing.
- Example (March 18, 2025): Three children were killed by a landmine in Khirbet al-Ghazaleh, Daraa.
- Example (April 25, 2025): A child was killed by an unexploded cluster munition in the Lajat district, Daraa.
Returning IDPs and Families: The simple act of returning home is fraught with peril.
- Example (June 7, 2025): Two women and four children were killed by a landmine in Sakiro village while traveling from Tel Abyad to Raqqa.

4. Response and Governance: A Comparative Analysis

The approach to the UXO crisis under the new Syrian interim government marks a tangible departure from the policies of the Assad regime.

The Assad Regime's Approach (Pre-December 2024): Under the former regime, mine action was heavily securitized and opaque. Clearance was conducted primarily by military engineering units, often with political objectives rather than purely humanitarian ones. Access for international humanitarian demining organizations was severely restricted in government-held territories, and data on contamination was treated as a state secret, preventing effective risk education and civilian-led clearance.

The Interim Government's Approach (Post-December 2024): The new government has demonstrated a different posture, characterized by greater transparency, cooperation with civil society, and public communication of intent. While nascent, this represents a significant policy shift.

Communicated Steps and Actions:

Public Acknowledgment and Planning: The Minister for Emergency and Disaster Response has publicly announced plans to establish a national demining center, signaling a formal government commitment to addressing the issue.
Cooperation with Civil Society: A cooperation agreement has been established between the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) and the Directorate General for Antiquities and Museums to specifically clear UXO from archeological sites. This represents a formal partnership with a non-state actor previously opposed by the former regime.
Direct Action by Transitional Forces: HTS-led forces, now part of the transitional security apparatus, have been documented conducting controlled detonations of ordnance left by former regime forces, such as the clearance of landmines around the Air Force Intelligence headquarters in Daraa on January 3, 2025.
International Engagement: Representatives of the new administration, such as Amneh Khoulani, have publicly called for international support to accelerate early recovery efforts, explicitly including mine clearance, indicating a willingness to engage with international partners.

This new approach, while promising, is still in its early stages and has not yet translated into a fully-funded, nationwide operational capacity.

5. Systemic Obstacles to Clearance

Despite the positive shift in governance, clearance efforts are severely constrained by three main factors.

Critical Funding Shortfalls: International financial support is dangerously inadequate. For 2024, the UN's mine action sector required US$51 million to fund its operations in Syria but received only 13% of this amount. This lack of resources directly translates to fewer clearance teams, a lack of modern equipment, and an inability to scale up life-saving risk education programs.
Logistical and Sanctions-Related Impediments: International sanctions regimes, while not targeting humanitarian aid directly, create significant operational hurdles. The classification of essential demining materiel—such as armored vehicles, advanced metal detectors, and personal protective equipment—as "dual-use" technology severely complicates and delays their importation. This forces clearance teams to operate with sub-optimal equipment, increasing risk and reducing the pace of operations.
Lack of Centralized National Coordination: Syria still lacks a fully operational, unified, civilian-led national mine action authority. Such a body is essential for creating a national database of contamination, standardizing operational procedures, prioritizing clearance based on humanitarian impact, and effectively coordinating the work of dozens of different organizations.

6. Conclusion

The unexploded ordnance crisis in Syria has evolved from a chronic, war-time risk into an acute, post-conflict emergency. The data clearly shows that the threat to civilians is accelerating, directly impeding the safe return of displaced populations, paralyzing the agricultural sector, and claiming lives on a daily basis. The new government has demonstrated a promising and more cooperative approach compared to its predecessor, but this shift in policy is being undermined by severe systemic obstacles. Without a significant and immediate increase in international funding, a streamlining of procedures to allow for the import of essential equipment, and the rapid operationalization of a national coordination body, Syria's explosive remnants of war will continue to undermine its recovery and indefinitely postpone a genuine, sustainable peace for its people.

Appendix

Our team has studied UXO incidents from January to mid-June.

General Insights

Persistent Threat: Unexploded ordnance (UXO) and landmines are consistently cited as a significant and persistent threat to civilians across Syria. The issue is described as a direct and tragic legacy of the prolonged conflict, which has left vast areas contaminated with explosive remnants of war (ERW).
High Casualty Rates: The reports highlight numerous civilian casualties, including a disproportionate number of children, who are killed or injured by these hidden explosives. One report noted that in the week of June 10-17, 2025, vigilante justice and targeted killings accounted for 71% of non-UXO deaths, implying UXO is a major cause of death. Another report stated that over 400 deaths from UXO were confirmed in the first six months of 2025.
Affected Governorates: Incidents were reported across numerous governorates, including Idlib, Raqqa, Homs, Latakia, Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Deir ez Zour, Suwayda, Hasakeh, Daraa, and Rif Dimashq.
Types of Ordnance: Specific types of ordnance mentioned include landmines, unexploded munitions, cluster munitions, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), car bombs, and roadside bombs.
Demining Efforts: The transitional government is taking steps to address the threat. This includes the HTS-led forces conducting controlled detonations, the establishment of a national demining center planned by the Minister for Emergency and Disaster Response, and a cooperation agreement between the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) and the Directorate General for Antiquities and Museums to remove UXO from archeological sites.

January 2025

January 2: One HTS fighter was killed while attempting to defuse an unexploded landmine outside Kafr Batikh, Idlib.
January 3: HTS-led forces safely detonated several landmines laid by former regime forces around the Air Force Intelligence headquarters in Daraa city.
January 3: Five civilians were injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Fatira, Idlib.
January 3: Three civilians were injured by an unexploded cluster munition outside the village of Kafr Lahf, Suwayda.
January 7: One male civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine outside the village of Afes in southern Idlib.
January 7: Two civilians were killed by an unexploded munition in al-Taliha, northeastern Idlib.
January 7: Four children were injured by a cluster munition in the Qubtan al-Jabal area of western Aleppo.
January 7: Four civilians were injured by an unexploded landmine in the al-Harai desert area outside al-Bukamal, Deir ez Zour.
January 7: Two children were injured by an unexploded munition in al-Sanamayn, Daraa.
January 8: Two civilians were killed by an unexploded landmine in the Jazal area outside Palmyra, Homs.
January 8: One civilian was killed by an unexploded munition while riding his motorcycle in Tel al-Laban outside Tel Tamr, Hasakeh.
January 8: A farmer was killed when his tractor triggered an unexploded munition in the village of Herbel in northern Aleppo.
January 8: A child was injured by an unexploded munition in the village of Ain al-Zakar in western Daraa.
January 9: A child was injured by an unexploded munition in the village of Ayn Dakhar in the Yarmouk Basin, Daraa.
January 10: HTS-linked General Security Service (GSS) personnel intercepted and safely defused a suspected truck bomb entering from SDF-held areas in Aleppo.
January 10: HTS-linked forces defused explosives found at a former military headquarters in Umm Walad, Daraa.
January 14: The HTS-linked GSS seized control of a former arms depot in Umm Haratein, west of Homs, which was storing landmines and artillery rockets.
January 14: One man was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Ardh al-Wata in Jabal al-Akrad, Latakia.
January 14: Two civilians were injured when their vehicle triggered a landmine on the main road outside the village of Bayoud in eastern Hama.
January 14: Two civilians were killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Bayoud outside the town of al-Rahjoun in eastern Hama.
January 14: Two children were killed by an unexploded munition in Ayyash in western Deir ez Zour.
January 15: One woman was killed after triggering a landmine or IED in the countryside outside the Tishreen Dam, Aleppo.
January 15: One civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in rural western Deir ez Zour.
January 15: One boy was injured by an unexploded munition in Lajat, Daraa.
January 15: One man was killed and another was injured by an unexploded munition in the village of al-Taybah in eastern Suwayda.
January 16: One man was killed when his tractor triggered an unexploded landmine outside the village of Herbel near Marea, Aleppo.
January 16: Three children were severely injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Tal Tuwaynah outside Khanasser in rural Aleppo.
January 16: An IED detonated amid passing traffic on the main road linking Manbij with Jarablus, Aleppo, causing no casualties.
January 16: One man was killed by an unexploded landmine in Jabal al-Akrad, Latakia.
January 16: One DMO fighter was killed while attempting to defuse an unexploded landmine in Kafranbel, Idlib.
January 16: Two civilians were injured by an unexploded munition in the village of Kawkabah in southern Idlib.
January 16: A landmine placed outside the 34th Brigade base in Lajat, Daraa, detonated but caused no casualties.
January 17: Six civilians were injured in two separate incidents of unexploded munitions detonating in the villages of Tuways and Zoyan in rural Aleppo.
January 17: Two children were injured by an unexploded landmine in the town of Busra al-Harir, Daraa.
January 17: Two civilians were injured by an unexploded munition outside Busra al-Harir, Daraa.
January 21: One DMO fighter was killed by an unexploded landmine in an undisclosed location in rural Idlib.
January 21: A child was injured and 10 sheep were killed when livestock triggered an unexploded landmine outside the village of al-Malaja, Idlib.
January 21: One SNA fighter was killed while attempting to defuse an unexploded landmine in Aleppo’s northern countryside.
January 21: One civilian was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Harbel in northern Aleppo.
January 21: Several people were injured in a small car bomb explosion in Manbij.
January 21: One DMO fighter was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Ako in the Jabal al-Akrad region, Latakia.
January 21: One man was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Qubeitat al-Asi in southern Hama.
January 21: One man was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Mansoura west of Raqqa.
January 22: Three men were injured by an unexploded landmine in the desert outside Kabajeb in southern Deir ez Zour.
January 23: DMO forces discovered and seized a large regime weapons depot in the Thabatiyah area east of Homs city, containing large quantities of landmines.
January 23: One DMO fighter was killed while attempting to defuse an unexploded landmine outside the village of Hazarin in southern Idlib.
January 23: One civilian was killed and four others were injured when a car bomb detonated in the western suburbs of Manbij, Aleppo.
January 23: Three children were injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Kharabah near Manbij, Aleppo.
January 23: Three civilians were injured by an unexploded landmine outside the village of Ayn al-Ghazal, Latakia.
January 23: Three civilians were killed by an unexploded landmine in the al-Sahl in the Qalamoun region, Rif Dimashq.
January 23: Three civilians were killed and two others were injured by an unexploded landmine on the road between Kabajeb and Huwayjat Saqr, Deir ez Zour.
January 23: Seven young boys were injured by an unexploded munition in the al-Joura district of Deir ez Zour city.
January 24: One man was killed by an unexploded landmine outside the village of al-Arimah in eastern Aleppo.
January 24: One man was injured by an unexploded landmine outside the village of al-Kawikli in eastern Aleppo.
January 24: One child was injured by an unexploded landmine outside the village of Mazrat al-Nama’t in eastern Aleppo.
January 24: One man was injured by an unexploded landmine in the Ithriyah area of eastern Hama.
January 24: One man was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Shakousiya in eastern Hama.
January 24: One civilian was killed and another was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Kawm in eastern Homs.
January 24: One man was injured by an unexploded munition in the village of Hamar al-Kasra in western Deir ez Zour.
January 29: Unidentified gunmen destroyed the tomb of former regime military commander Issam Zahreddine with explosives in al-Sura al-Kubra, Suwayda.

February 2025

February 11: Three civilians were killed by an unexploded landmine outside the village of Wadi al-Azib outside al-Sukhnah, Homs.
February 11: Four civilians were killed by an unexploded landmine in the al-Baghali area east of al-Sukhnah, Homs.
February 11: Two civilians were killed by an unexploded landmine in the al-Rusafa desert south of Raqqa.
February 11: Three civilians were killed by an unexploded landmine outside the town of Sabikhan in eastern Deir ez Zour.
February 11: Ten civilians were killed and three others injured by an unexploded landmine while hunting for truffles in the Hamimah area, Deir ez Zour.
February 11: Three men were killed by an unexploded landmine outside the town of Ras al-Mara in the Qalamoun, Rif Dimashq.
February 12: Three civilians were killed and three others were injured by an unexploded munition in Sarmada, Idlib.
February 12: One man was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Arab Hassan outside Manbij, Aleppo.
February 12: Two civilians were killed and another was injured by an unexploded landmine in the Jabal al-Omar area west of Palmyra, Homs.
February 12: One civilian was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Naim in western rural Homs.
February 12: One civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine outside the town of Maadan in eastern Raqqa.
February 12: One civilian was injured by an unexploded landmine near the al-Tabqa crossing in SDF-held rural Raqqa.
February 14: Two young men were killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Qawas in eastern Aleppo.
February 14: One civilian was injured by an unexploded cluster munition in the village of Jirouh in eastern Hama.
February 14: One young boy was killed by an unexploded munition in the village of al-Kharita in western Deir ez Zour.
February 14: One man was killed and two others were injured when they triggered an unexploded landmine in the desert outside al-Bukamal, Deir ez Zour.
February 18: One boy was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Qaratah in eastern Aleppo.
February 19: One civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in al-Atareb in western Aleppo.
February 19: One man was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Haymar Jays in eastern Aleppo.
February 20: Local security forces intercepted and neutralized a car bomb in Azaz, Aleppo.
February 20: Eight civilians were killed and one child injured when a collection of unexploded munitions detonated inside a building in Nayrab, southeastern Idlib.
February 20: One child was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Mashtal, Hama.
February 20: A civilian vehicle triggered an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Masrab in southern Deir ez Zour, but no casualties were confirmed.
February 20: One civilian was injured by an unexploded landmine in Deir ez Zour city.
February 20: Two men were killed and another was injured by an unexploded landmine in the southern desert of Deir ez Zour.
February 20: One civilian was injured by an unexploded landmine in Dael, Daraa.
February 21: One DMO fighter was killed and another was injured while an unexploded landmine they were attempting to defuse detonated in the village of al-Fatirah in southern Idlib.
February 21: Two SDF fighters were killed while an unexploded landmine they were attempting to defuse detonated outside the village of al-Jadah al-Gharbi near Kobani, Aleppo.
February 21: Two civilians were injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Hamamiyat in northern Hama.
February 21: Two civilians were killed by an unexploded landmine in the Mandan area in eastern rural Raqqa.
February 21: Two civilians were killed and one other was injured by an unexploded landmine in the Jabal al-Bishri area in the southwestern desert of Deir ez Zour.
February 21: One civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Janin, Daraa.
February 25: Two boys were killed and one other was injured when they accidentally triggered an unexploded munition in Inkhil, Daraa.
February 25: Three children were killed and one other was injured after they accidentally triggered an unexploded munition in the village of al-Shula in southern Deir ez Zour.
February 25: One SNA-linked fighter was killed while an unexploded landmine he was attempting to defuse detonated in Tel Rifat, Aleppo.
February 26: One man was injured after accidentally triggering an unexploded cluster munition in Jabal al-Shaer in eastern rural Homs.
February 26: Two men were killed after accidentally triggering an unexploded landmine in the Abu Hayah area of western rural Deir ez Zour.
February 27: One DMO soldier was killed after accidentally triggering an unexploded landmine in Jabal al-Akrad, Latakia.

March 2025

March 4: Unidentified gunmen laid explosives inside an Alawite shrine in Tel Abdulaziz, rural eastern Hama, causing damage.
March 4: One civilian was killed and another injured by an unexploded landmine outside Shirawa near Afrin, Aleppo.
March 4: One man was killed and another injured by an unexploded landmine in Soughanka, northwestern rural Aleppo.
March 4: One civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in Ayyash in western Deir ez Zour.
March 5: One civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in rural Manbij, Aleppo.
March 5: One young child was killed by an unexploded landmine in Mazarat al-Salama, Aleppo.
March 6: One man was killed and two others were injured by an unexploded landmine in the al-Tabni district in western Deir ez Zour.
March 7: The home of a former mayor in Jbab, Daraa, was destroyed by explosives laid by unidentified gunmen.
March 12: An unexploded landmine was triggered in the al-Bushra desert outside Deir ez Zour city, killing three civilians.
March 12: A man was killed after his vehicle triggered an unexploded landmine in the Kabajeb desert, Deir ez Zour.
March 13: An IED laid by Alawite pro-Assad gunmen was discovered and defused on the Latakia-Jableh highway.
March 13: An unexploded landmine killed one child in al-Karak al-Sharqi, Daraa.
March 13: Four civilians were killed and two others injured by an unexploded landmine in the Subaykhan desert, Deir ez Zour.
March 13: Three civilians were killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Bawatiyah in western Deir ez Zour.
March 14: An unexploded munition killed one child in the village of al-Fuah, Idlib.
March 14: A civilian was severely injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Babulin, Idlib.
March 14: An unexploded landmine killed one civilian in the Maabataly district in northern Aleppo.
March 14: A man was killed by an unexploded landmine in Afrin city, Aleppo.
March 14: A civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Moheisenly in eastern Aleppo.
March 14: A civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Adman in northern Deir ez Zour.
March 14: An unexploded landmine was triggered accidentally in Dael, Daraa, with no confirmed casualties.
March 18: One boy was killed and two of his brothers were injured by an unexploded landmine in Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib.
March 18: Two civilians were killed and another was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Jub al-Khafay west of Manbij, Aleppo.
March 18: A man and his daughter were killed when their motorbike triggered an unexploded landmine outside al-Salamiyah, Hama.
March 18: A boy was killed by an unexploded munition in the town of al-Shafa in eastern Deir ez Zour.
March 18: A civilian was killed by an unexploded munition in Busra al-Harir, Daraa.
March 18: Three children were killed by an unexploded landmine in Khirbet al-Ghazaleh, Daraa.
March 19: An IED laid by Alawite pro-Assad gunmen was discovered and defused along the Jableh-Latakia highway.
March 20: One man was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Halanawij outside Manbij, Aleppo.
March 20: A young man was killed by an unexploded landmine in al-Sanamayn, Daraa.
March 21: A child was killed by an unexploded landmine in Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib (the second incident in the town in a week).
March 21: A man was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Rasm al-Faleh al-Thani in eastern Aleppo.
March 21: Two civilians were injured by an unexploded munition in the village of Akoh in northern rural Latakia.
March 21: One man was killed and his brother was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Ayn al-Ashara in eastern Latakia.
March 25: A man was killed and a woman was severely injured when an explosive device he was concealing detonated prematurely in Suwayda city.
March 25: A civilian was killed by an unexploded munition in the al-Shamiya area in eastern Deir ez Zour.
March 25: A man was killed by an unexploded munition in the desert of western Deir ez Zour.
March 25: Unidentified gunmen rigged a residential building in Jabab, Daraa, with explosives and detonated it.
March 26: A woman and her son were killed and three other children were injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Buwahyj in eastern Aleppo.
March 26: A child was injured by an unexploded munition in the village of al-Qastal al-Wastani, Hama.
March 26: A young girl was killed by an unexploded landmine in al-Quriya in eastern Deir ez Zour.
March 27: A civilian was injured by an unexploded munition near al-Mujawadah in eastern Deir ez Zour.
March 28: Two children were injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Deir al-Gharbi, Idlib.
March 28: A civilian was killed and two others were injured by an unexploded landmine in the desert outside Palmyra, Homs.
March 28: A child was injured by an unexploded munition in al-Mayadin, Deir ez Zour.
March 29: A remote-controlled landmine targeted a Syrian army patrol in Suwayda province, killing one soldier and wounding three. An ambulance responding was also hit by a roadside bomb.

April 2025

April 1: An interim government soldier was killed when an unexploded landmine he was attempting to defuse detonated outside the al-Taym oil field, Deir ez Zour.
April 2: A child was killed by an unexploded cluster munition in the village of Suha outside Salamiya, Hama.
April 3: A girl was killed by an unexploded landmine in the Telmanes area, Idlib.
April 3: A man was injured by an unexploded landmine outside the village of al-Ankar in northern Hama.
April 3: Three people were killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Shula, Deir ez Zour.
April 4: Four civilians were injured by an unexploded munition in the village of Zur al-Sus, Hama.
April 9: Two civilians were injured by an unexploded landmine in Maarat al-Numan, Idlib.
April 9: A government soldier was injured when an unexploded landmine he was attempting to defuse detonated in al-Ainkawi, northern Hama.
April 9: A man was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Hasnan, Raqqa.
April 9: A child was killed and another was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Karama, Hasakeh.
April 9: A man was injured by an unexploded landmine in the al-Quriya region in eastern Deir ez Zour.
April 9: A civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Hassaniyah in northern Deir ez Zour.
April 10: Several anti-tank mines laid by pro-Assad gunmen along the Jableh-to-Latakia highway were discovered and defused near Qardaha.
April 10: A woman was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Kafr Jales, Idlib.
April 10: A civilian was injured by an unexploded landmine on the al-Hajo road along the M4 highway near Raqqa.
April 10: A government soldier was killed when an unexploded landmine he was attempting to defuse detonated in the village of al-Maariyah in eastern Deir ez Zour.
April 11: A civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine on the road between Ariha and Muhambal, Idlib.
April 11: A civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Basanqul in western Idlib.
April 11: A man was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Taybah in eastern rural Homs.
April 11: A man was killed and another injured when they triggered an unexploded landmine in the al-Sabkha area outside Raqqa.
April 11: Two civilians were injured by an unexploded landmine in the desert south of Deir ez Zour city.
April 11: A man was injured by an unexploded landmine in the al-Hamimah area outside Deir ez Zour city.
April 11: A man was injured by an unexploded landmine in Deir ez Zour city center.
April 15: A girl was killed by an unexploded cluster munition in the village of Dabashiya in eastern Idlib.
April 15: A man was killed and another injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Shula in southern Deir ez Zour.
April 17: Two men were injured when their vehicle accidentally triggered an unexploded landmine in the Kabina area of northeastern Latakia.
April 17: Two girls were killed by an unexploded landmine in the desert outside Palmyra, Homs.
April 17: A man was killed and another was injured when they accidentally triggered an unexploded landmine in Douma, Damascus.
April 18: Two civilians were killed and another was injured by an unexploded landmine near the Bradoun Dam in rural Latakia.
April 18: A civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in the al-Zahra district of Deir ez Zour.
April 22: A woman was killed and five others were injured after her vehicle triggered an unexploded landmine in Salba outside Palmyra, Homs.
April 22: Three children were injured by an unexploded landmine in the al-Siyal desert area outside al-Bukamal, Deir ez Zour.
April 23: A child was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Umm Jaloud near Manbij, Aleppo.
April 23: Four civilians were killed and nine others injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Arab Hassan near Manbij, Aleppo.
April 23: A vehicle triggered an unexploded landmine in the Jabal al-Bishri desert areas, Deir ez Zour, causing no casualties.
April 23: A boy was killed by an unexploded landmine in the desert west of Palmyra, Homs.
April 23: Four children were injured by an unexploded landmine in the al-Sayal area outside al-Bukamal, Homs.
April 24: A child was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Fares near Manbij, Aleppo.
April 24: Two people were killed by an unexploded landmine near the al-Salahiyah Bridge in northern Deir ez Zour.
April 24: A civilian was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Abu Hurat in northeastern Suwayda.
April 25: A child was killed and two others were injured by an unexploded landmine in the Sasa district, Rif Dimashq.
April 25: A child was killed by an unexploded cluster munition in the village of al-Jisri in the Lajat district, Daraa.
April 25: A child was killed and another was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Abdin in southern Idlib.
April 29: A man was killed by an unexploded landmine in Tafas, Daraa.

May 2025

May 1: A man was killed by an unexploded landmine outside Manbij, Aleppo.
May 1: A child was killed and two others were injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Sayid in eastern rural Aleppo.
May 1: Four civilians were injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Hamamiyat in northern rural Hama.
May 1: Eight civilians were killed and two others were injured after their vehicle triggered an unexploded landmine on the M4 highway north of Raqqa.
May 1: An unexploded munition he was attempting to defuse detonated outside the 52nd Brigade base in al-Hirak, Daraa, injuring one man.
May 2: A man was killed and another was injured by an unexploded landmine in the area around Jabal Abdulaziz, Hasakeh.
May 2: A civilian was killed and four others were injured after the ambulance they were in triggered an unexploded landmine in rural western Suwayda.
May 8: An IED detonated near a Syrian military post in al-Kusa outside Jarablus, Aleppo, causing no casualties.
May 8: A civilian was injured and several sheep were killed after they triggered an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Dana, Idlib.
May 8: A child was injured by an unexploded cluster munition in the village of Ihras in northern Aleppo.
May 8: A man was killed after his tractor triggered an unexploded landmine in the village of Tana’ab in northern Aleppo.
May 8: A mother and her two children were killed and their father was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Mansoura in rural Raqqa.
May 8: Five children were injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Qadisiyah in southern rural Qamishli.
May 9: A civilian was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Dana in southern rural Idlib.
May 9: A child was killed and another was injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of al-Jalma in northern rural Hama.
May 9: Two children were injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Hasiyah in the desert outside Palmyra, Homs.
May 9: Two men were injured after their truck triggered an unexploded landmine near the al-Sukri area in the desert outside Palmyra, Homs.
May 9: An IED detonated in Daraa city, causing no casualties.
May 13: Two children were killed and another was injured by an unexploded munition outside their home near al-Rai in western rural Suwayda.
May 14: Three civilians were injured by an unexploded landmine in Saraqeb, Idlib.
May 14: A child was killed and five others were injured by an unexploded landmine in the village of Bahamra outside Qardaha, Latakia.
May 14: Three civilians were killed and three others were injured by an unexploded landmine outside the al-Thaala Airport in western Suwayda.
May 15: Public Security forces discovered more than 1,000 sophisticated IEDs prepared for use by pro-Assad insurgents in a warehouse in Bahamra, Latakia.
May 21: One child was killed after accidentally triggering an unexploded landmine in the Maskaneh.
May 21: Two men were injured when an unexploded munition they were attempting to defuse detonated in Hama city.
May 21: A man was injured after accidentally triggering an unexploded landmine in the village of Rasm Ghazaleh.
May 21: A child was killed after accidentally triggering an unexploded landmine in Kabajeb.
May 22: Three Syrian Civil Defense volunteers were killed when an IED they were attempting to defuse was remotely detonated by unidentified gunmen on a section of train tracks in Karah, northeastern Hama.
May 22: Two Public Security personnel were killed after they accidentally triggered an unexploded landmine near Talul al-Safa in Suwayda’s desert.
May 29: A remote-controlled landmine targeted a Syrian army patrol in Suwayda province, killing one soldier and wounding three. An ambulance responding was also hit by a roadside bomb.

June 2025

June 1: Three SDF-linked Asayish fighters were killed and one injured in an ISIS IED attack on their vehicle on the Raqqa-Hasakeh highway.
June 7: Two women and four children were killed after accidentally triggering an unexploded landmine in the village of Sakiro while traveling from Tel Abyad to Raqqa.
June 7: Four children were injured after accidentally triggering an unexploded landmine in the village of Khirbet al-Rous near Manbij, Aleppo.
June 7: Unidentified gunmen detonated explosives inside a residential building in Sheikh Miskeen, Daraa, causing severe damage but no casualties.
June 7: A child was killed by an unexploded munition on the road between Sheikh Miskeen and Nawa, Daraa.
June 8: A child was killed by an unexploded munition in the village of Barlahayn near Tadef, Aleppo.
June 8: A man was killed by an unexploded landmine in the village of Maadan Atiq in western rural Deir ez Zour.
June 8: A large IED concealed on a motorbike was discovered and defused by security forces in Homs city.
June 9: Two men were killed by an unexploded landmine in the desert east of Damascus, Rif Dimashq.
June 9: Three civilians were injured by an unexploded landmine while driving to tend to livestock in the desert of Rif Dimashq, near al-Tanf.
June 9: Three civilians were injured by an unexploded landmine in the al-Harri desert area near al-Bukamal, Deir ez Zour.
June 14: A child was injured by a landmine in Kafr Sajna, Idlib.
June 14: A man was killed by a landmine in Karathein, Idlib.
June 14: A child was injured by a landmine in Kafr Nabouda, Idlib.
June 14: A man was killed by an unexploded landmine in al-Sanamayn, Daraa.
June 15: A child was injured by a landmine in Abu Kahf south of Manbij, Aleppo.
June 16: The Syrian Arab Red Crescent discovered and safely defused an IED under one of its vehicles in Harasta, Rif Dimashq.
June 17: Two men were killed by a landmine in the Tel Abu Ghanem area in Suwayda’s desert.