Saturday, November 04, 2023

LANDMINE VICTIMS IN AZERBAIJAN INFOGRAPHIC

 




MINES WERE USED BY BOTH ARMENIAN 
AND AZERBAIJAN FORCES



Azerbaijan Parliament holds public hearing on mine hazard issues

4 November 2023 
Abbas Ganbay

On November 4, Milli Majlis will hold public hearings on "Combating the Mine Threat: The Impact of Explosives on the Ecosystem.", The hearings are on the agenda of the Committee on Natural Resources, Energy, and Ecology of Milli Majlis, Azernwes reports.

Environment and Natural Resources Minister Mukhtar Babayev, UN Resident Coordinator Vladanka Andreeva, Agriculture Minister Mejnun Mammadov, Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Rovshan Rzayev, Head of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Habib Mikayilli and other officials attended the hearing. They are taking part.

To recall On November 3, around 1:00 a.m., the district prosecutor's office received information about a mine explosion in the territory of Borsunlu village of Tartar district.

According to the information released by the Tartar district prosecutor's office, as a result of the incident, Ali Agalarov, born in 1999, suffered a traumatic amputation of the claw part of his right leg. At the moment, his condition is moderate, and his treatment continues in the hospital.

To recall, Azerbaijan is one of the most landmine-polluted countries in the world. The land mines were planted by Armenians during the Garabagh Wars and during the period when they kept the territories under occupation.

SYRIA

Old ordnance | Woman ki*lled by landmine explosion in eastern Aleppo countryside

On Nov 4, 2023

Aleppo province: A 
woman was killed due to the explosion of an old landmine near Al-Muhesinly village in Manbij countryside within SDF-held area in eastern Aleppo countryside.

Accordingly, SOHR has documented the death of 229 civilians, including 20 women and 70 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2023. In addition, over 293 civilians, including 109 children and 14 women, sustained various injuries.
The casualties are distributed regionally as follows:

Areas controlled by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and opposition factions in Idlib: Three fatalities; including a child, and 22 injured civilians, including 15 children and a woman.

Regime-controlled areas: 190 fatalities, including 44 children and 16 women, and 217 injured civilians, including 57 children and nine women. There are 89 truffle pickers died, including two children and ten women, and 109 others injured.

“Euphrates Shield” area in east Aleppo countryside: Four fatality, four children, and ten injured people: a woman and nine children.

SDF-held areas: 31 fatalities, including 20 children and four women, and 36 injured civilians, including 26 children and a woman. There is two truffle pickers among the fatalities and a little truffle picker among the injured people.

“Peace Spring” area in north Al-Raqqah countryside: A child was killed and four other persons, including two children, were injured.

“Olive Branch” area: Four persons, including two women, were injured.


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