A controlled detonation of 1,000 cluster bomblets leaves a thick trail of smoke at Deir Qanoun;

Hussein Thine shows the scars he has from surgery that saved his life after a cluster bomblet exploded at his feet;
in a bid to regain normalcy, people have risked everything to do their own demining
(photos: Serene Assir)

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