DAMASCUS, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Four children were killed on Monday by explosive remnants of war inside an abandoned house in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported.
The explosion happened when the four siblings entered the abandoned house in an apartment building where they and their family reside in the rebel-held city of Binnish in Idlib, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
With the new deaths, a total of 174 civilians have been killed in 2022 by explosions of landmines and other ordnance left uncovered in previous war zones across Syria, according to the Britain-based watchdog.
In June, the United Nations said explosive ordnance contamination represents a major protection concern, with one in two Syrians estimated to be living in contaminated areas. ■
