UN: Explosive Remnants of War Kill 390 Civilians in Syria in First Half of 2025 — Over 100 Were Children - The Syrian Observer

UN: Explosive Remnants of War Kill 390 Civilians in Syria in First Half of 2025 — Over 100 Were Children - The Syrian Observer

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has confirmed that 390 civilians, including more than 100 children, have been killed in Syria since the beginning of 2025 due to explosive remnants of war. In a statement released on Tuesday, OCHA said that contamination from unexploded ordnance “continues to have deadly consequences across Syria.” Between January 1 and June 30, over 390 people were killed and more tha…

Syrians have no real hope while remnants of war remain

My name is Sila, I’m 17 years old, from Idlib, Syria. I am one of thousands who have lived through the war in all its details — a generation that never knew what safety meant, only smoke, shelling, displacement and fear. But honestly, I didn’t come here today to talk about the war itself. I came to talk about its consequences — about my story with war, about the pain that