Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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'I saw the fire, then heard the blast'

More than 800 people, almost a third of them children, have been killed by unexploded munitions since the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria in December 2024, according to data from British charity Halo Trust.

It takes a split second to detonate a mine or other unexploded bomb, but years are needed to clear the Syrian fields and cities on which they are scattered.

Today, as people return to the city and its surroundings from Jordan, they risk death or injury from leftover mines, unexploded missiles and improvised bombs.

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