UNDP reported that, in the context of the hostilities between forces of the transitional government and SDF, two main bridges, Al-Mansour and Al-Rashid, were severely damaged, while several schools were also impacted. Damage was further recorded to the main drinking-water pipeline supplying Raqqa city. In addition, several electricity transmission centres and networks were partially damaged, including in Al-Amin and Al-Firdous neighbourhoods. Solid waste management services were also further affected.922
SNHR reported in April 2026 that since the fall of Bashar al-Assad on 8 December 2024, 17 civilians had been killed in landmine explosions in Raqqa governorate, accounting for 5.36 % of the national total.923 Mine Action documented three explosive ordnance-related incidents in Raqqa governorate between 15 August and 15 October 2025, resulting in two casualties.924 During the same period, several organisations continued clearance activities in the governorate.925 At the end of January 2026, the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management warned residents not to enter or return to the areas in the northern Raqqa countryside until specialised ministry teams had fully secured them from landmines, remnants of war and IEDs.926 During the reference period for this report, SOHR recorded more than 20 incidents in which civilians were killed or injured by war remnants in Raqqa governorate.927
- 922
UNDP, UNDP Flash Update, Ar-Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, Al-Hasakah, 20-26 January 2026, 26 January 2026, url, p. 3
- 923
SNHR, On the International Day for Mine Awareness: Documenting the deaths of at least 3,799 civilians from landmines and cluster munitions in Syria, March 2011 – April 2026, 4 April 2026, url, p. 8
- 924
Mine Action AoR, Syria, Situation Update No. 5, 15 October 2025, url, p. 4
- 925
Mine Action AoR, Syria, Situation Update No. 5, 15 October 2025, url, pp. 5-7
- 926
Enab Baladi, Explosive remnants of war threaten civilians after SDF withdrawal, Emergency Ministry warns, 28 January 2026, url
- 927
SOHR, Old ordnance | Young man killed in Al-Raqqah desert, 29 April 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Woman and her husband injured seriously in northern Al-Raqqah countryside, 24 April 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Young man injured in landmine explosion in Al-Raqqa countryside, 22 April 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | One killed and another injured in two separate incidents in Al-Raqqa and Aleppo, 15 April 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Injuries and amputated limps in explosions of landmines in Al-Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, 14 April 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Young man injured, while herding sheep in Al-Raqqah countryside, 9 April 2026, url; SOHR, New tragedy | Two children die in explosion of landmine of war remnants in Al-Raqqa, 6 April 2026, url; SOHR, Civilian injured in Al-Hasakah | Number of injured people rises to five in explosions of war remnants in Al-Hasakah and Al-Raqqa, 28 March 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Explosion of old landmine leaves two young men injured in Al-Raqqah desert, 28 March 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Child and young man injured in explosion of landmines in Daraa and Al-Raqqa, 27 March 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Child loses his leg in explosion of landmine in Al-Raqqa, 18 March 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Civilian killed and another injured near Ain Issa camp in Al-Raqqah countryside, 16 March 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Two children injured in northern Al-Raqqah countryside, 6 March 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Two boys injured while herding sheep in northern Al-Raqqah, 1 March 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Three people injured in Al-Raqqah and Hama countryside, 28 February 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Two children get their legs amputated in a shell explosion in Al-Raqqa, 27 February 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Two people injured in explosion of landmine in Al-Raqqa, 20 February 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Child and young man injured in Al-Raqqah and Hama countryside, 12 February 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Leg of young man amputated in explosion of landmine of war remnants in Al-Raqqa, 31 January 2026, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Child injured in explosion of landmine of war remnants in Al-Raqqa, 6 December 2025, url; SOHR, Old ordnance | Young man injured by landmine explosion in Al-Raqqah countryside, 27 October 2025, url