Can Syria’s recovery outpace the hidden dangers left by years of war?

LONDON: Recent clashes in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate between interim government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have added to the deadly legacy of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over by 14 years of civil war. The fighting erupted on Jan. 6, after months of stalled talks over implementing an agreement to merge the SDF, which controls much of northeastern Syria, into the national army. As hostilities intensified, about 148,000 people were displaced from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Achrafieh, Sheikh Maqsoud and Bani Zeid, according to UN figures.

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