Wisam Franjiyeh is an independant Syrian journalist. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/wisam-franjiyeh/rss en Civil Society ISIS Tue, 06 Jun 2017 12:38:14 +0000 Wisam Franjiyeh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/06/06/the-life-and-death-of-one-of-syrias-most-beloved-minesweepers https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/06/06/the-life-and-death-of-one-of-syrias-most-beloved-minesweepers Abu al Fadl devoted the final months of his life to clearing al-Bab of improvised explosives left behind by ISIS in everything from washing machines to cooking pots. The 60-year-old destroyed roughly 3,500 mines before one took his life.