Expert warns of 'massive' risk from unexploded ordnance in Syria

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2024-12-15

London (PA Media/dpa) - The extent of unexploded ordnance littering Syria will be "massive" and poses a particular threat to children returning to the country, a landmine-clearing leader has warned. Since the fall of the Assad regime last weekend, the Halo Trust has seen a 10-fold increase in emergency calls from Syrians worried about landmines and other dormant bombs. The Halo Trust has produced an estimated "heat map" of the areas thought to be......

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