President Barzani Warns of Escalation in Western Kurdistan, Calls for Ceasefire and International Action

Landmines

dozens of wooden crates and bag filled with landmines. (Photo: Syria’s Interior Ministry)

Syria

Damascus Says One Killed, Four Arrested During Seizure of Landmines Bound for Lebanon

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

Kurdistan

KRG Achieves Major Progress in Landmine Clearance Across the Region

An anti-personnel landmine in the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Landmine Explosion Claims Life in Choman’s Halgurd Highlands

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

Kurdistan

Erbil Demines, Baghdad Demurs: Iraqi Government Drags Feet on Mine Clearance

Approximate map of landmines in Syria. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)

Syria

War Remnants in Syria: Lingering Threat to Civilians

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

Kurdistan

KRG Reports Significant Progress in Mine Clearance Operations

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