Reports | 1 09 2016
Sources of the center of Syrians for Justice and Truth indicate the presence of tens of thousands of mines, booby traps and unexploded bombs in “Manbij” affiliated with the city of Aleppo, after the departure of the organization of the Islamic State "ISIS", what causes horror for the civilian population there.
A young Syrians returned to his village in north of Manbij, to continue his life, but death was waiting for members of his family, and in order to keep the rest of the family and other families, he appeals to everyone in order to clean the city and the villages of mines, booby traps, and bombs. As he said in his interview with the program “In The Scale”.
"What in Manbij, is an indescribable case. It is the first time that activists face tens of thousands of mines, booby-traps, unexploded bombs, and bombs made in an improvisational manner. In the Sphinx zones, the mines were anti-mechanisms or anti-individuals. In Manbij the size, quality, and number of mines were unexpected at all. In addition to a new military situation in the city of Carchemish what increases the tension, and in the presence of the military other operations drawback, says Bassam Al-Ahmad, executive director of the center "Syrians Center for Truth and Justice."
Mine warfare must begin now, and it will not end when the war ends, the mine changes its place, mine is not only a hiding murderer, it also moves and changes its place.
Al-Ahmad added: "the campaign "Syria without mines" succeeded to some extent in drawing the attention of human rights organizations, human rights activists, and media, to the need for demining the Syrian areas, but one campaign is not enough, and drawing attention without a practical program is not useful for civilians."
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* "Syrians for Truth and Justice" is an independent Syrian organization, non-profit and non-governmental organization. Contain a large number of human rights defenders, academics Syrians and foreigners.
* In The Scale: a joint program between "With You Channel" affiliated with Netherlands Radio and Rozana Radio.