Five killed by landmine blast near Syria's Homs military airport

Five people have died in a landmine explosion in the rural Homs region of western Syria, near the T4 military airport. Official Syrian sources reported that engineers from the Syrian Army discovered the bodies of five individuals on July 3rd. They were found near the airport on the Homs-Palmyra road during a routine sweep of the area.

Preliminary information suggests the victims had illegally entered the vicinity of the airport several days prior and died when a landmine detonated. This incident follows a similar tragedy on June 27th, when a child was killed and two others injured by a landmine explosion in Sukhna, also in the eastern Homs countryside.

Large swathes of Syrian territory remain contaminated with landmines and remnants of war, posing a persistent threat to civilian life. Authorities are actively working to clear these explosive hazards and ensure public safety. International organizations like UNICEF, Human Rights Watch, and Save the Children have previously highlighted the severe impact of these devices, reporting over 300 deaths and nearly 400 injuries from mines and unexploded ordnance in conflict zones such as Homs, Hama, Deraa, Idlib, Palmyra, Raqqa, and Deir al-Zour.

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five people died as a result of the explosion of a landmine after entering the airport surroundings illegally several days ago.