Syria mining borders as refugees flee: reports

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Syrian armed forces are laying landmines along the country's borders with Turkey and Syria, according to a human rights group. In a statement, Human Rights Watch said that volunteer deminers had recovered Russian PMN-2 mines from a site near the Turkish border. Thousands of people are currently fleeing Syria for neighboring countries as Bashar al-Assad's regimes continues its crackdown on the opposition.
Source: Bloomberg

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