Landmines

A large collection of landmines in the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

KRG Mine Agency seeks $400 million in funding for landmine clearance in Kurdistan Region

An aerial view of the Awagird mountains and the smoke caused by the fire. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Minefields hinder firefighting efforts as blaze continues to rage in Awagird mountains

Kurdistan Regions Mine Action Agency defusing landmines. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)

Iraq

More than 2,100 square kilometers of Iraq planted with landmines

In this picture taken on Sunday, July 24, 2011, an anti-personnel mine can be seen. (Photo: AP)

Kurdistan

Tragic Loss in Erbil as KRG Border Guards Lose Lives Defusing Relics of Iran-Iraq War

Syrian regime forces manning a position in the countryside city of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, along the border with Turkey. (Photo: AFP)

Syria

IS landmine kills seven Syrian government forces: monitor

An IKMAA demining team exploded the landmines from a distance. (Photo: IKMAA)

Kurdistan

Kurdish demining agency destroys 550+ mines in Penjwen

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) is actively involved in demining efforts in Iraq. (Photo: UNMAS)

Iraq

Belgium contributes $802,000 for demining efforts in Iraq

Some of the landmines defused by the Mine Action Agency in cooperation with the Slovenia-based Enhancing Human Security (ITF). (Photo: KRG Mine Action Agency)

Kurdistan

200+ landmines destroyed in Mergasur district

A VS-50 mine pictured in the minefield of Spindarok in the Sidekan district, June 24, 2023. (Photo: The General Directorate of the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency)

Kurdistan

Demining agency clears a minefield in Soran independent administration

Ahmed, a shepherd from the Khoshnawti area, who diffused thousands of landmines for the past 30 years. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Shepherd in Erbil province diffuses thousands of landmines

Chalak Taha holds up a VS-50 anti-personnel blast mine he has just defused, Wilyawa, July 5, 2021. (Photo: Joanne Stocker-Kelly)

Kurdistan

108,413 meters square of land cleared of mines in Kurdistan Region: KRG

Kurdistan Regions Mine Action Agency defusing a mine. (Photo: IKMAA)

Kurdistan

3 killed and 25 injured by landmines in first half of 2022: Kurdistan Region Mine Action Agency

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters stand on a roof next to their flag in the village of Baghouz, Deir al-Zor province, Syria, March 24, 2019 (Delil Soleiman / AFP).

Syria

Landmine injures 3 SDF fighters in Deir al-Zor

Clearing a minefield in Rashawiri in Duhok’s Zawita sub-district (Photo: General Directorate of Mines and Explosives in Duhok archive photo)

Kurdistan

39 percent of minefields in Duhok have been cleared

The landmine victim receiving treatment for his severe wounds, April 13, 2022 (Photo: Kurdistan Region Mine Action Agency)

Kurdistan

Villager ‘seriously’ injured by landmine in Erbil province

Chalak Taha holds up a VS-50 anti-personnel blast mine he has just defused, Wilyawa, July 5, 2021. (Photo: Joanne Stocker-Kelly)

Kurdistan

Over 13,000 people have been killed or injured by landmines in Kurdistan Region: Mine Action Agency