BY any measure, landmines remain one of the deadliest legacies of war. Hidden beneath fields, roads, forests, and former settlements, they continue to claim lives long after the guns have fallen ...

The international humanitarian community is increasingly focusing on the need for local and national actors to lead humanitarian response and recovery efforts in conflict-affected or disaster-prone ...

Azerbaijan is expanding the use of domestically developed remote-controlled demining machines to speed up humanitarian clearance in former conflict zones, contributing to global mine-action efforts.

Emergency and Disaster Management Minister Raed al-Saleh held talks on Wednesday with Nathalie Olijslager, director of the ...

Over 600 people, including children, have been killed or injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war across Syria since December 2024. Extensive contamination from landmines and explosive ...

In the 1980’s, over a million PFM-1 land mines were dropped into Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War. These land mines have green ‘wings’ that allow them to flutter to the ground, easily detonate ...

More than 25 years have passed since the Mine Ban Treaty was established and the UN Mine Action Service was created. Since then, millions of landmines have been successfully removed, but significant ...