The source told Al Ghad that the mines were laid specifically to block access to citizens in the Deraa governate - the site of some of the earliest anti-government protests that took place this year - and the city of Al Ramtha.
"[Syrians] are fleeing the deteriorating security situation in their country," the source said according to Al Ghad.
More than 19,000 Syrian refugees have decamped to neighboring Turkey since violence began eight months ago between forces loyal to
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Trampler of Homs...
and anti-regime activists, according to the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
. An estimated 6,000 evacuees are also residing in Leb, according to Dubai-based Al Arabiya.