In the framework of support given since 2019 to the activities of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq and Syria, Belgium has decided on a new contribution of 1.5 million euros in 2024. In recent years, Belgium has supported demining in Iraq and Syria for more than 11 million euros.
The need for demining in Iraq and Syria remains very high. Contamination from landmines and other explosive remnants has an impact not only on the immediate safety of boys and girls as well as women and men, but also on their access to humanitarian aid, on their access to livelihood, on the possibility of reconstruction and stabilization and on sustainable development (education, health care, etc.).
Read more…
Source: Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Related:
- Iraq: Four killed, three injured in armed attack in Diyala governorate
March 7, 2023
An Iraqi security source mentioned on Monday that four civilians were killed and three others were wounded in an armed attack that followed an explosion of an improvised explosive device in Diyala governorate in eastern Iraq. The source elaborated that four civilians were killed and three others were wounded after an improvised explosive device targeted a ...
- Former Iraqi Turkmen official killed in Kirkuk
March 3, 2023
There are conflicting reports as to the killing of Ahmed Tahir Ismail, a former Iraqi Turkmen Front official, in Kirkuk today. According to Kirkuk security sources, Ismail was killed by an improvised explosive device at his home. On the other hand, the Turkmen National Movement party announced that Ismail was killed in an explosion in his ...
- The Jordanian Army shoots down an explosive-laden drone coming from Syria
February 26, 2023
The Jordanian army announced in a statement that the Border Guard forces shot down yesterday a drone coming from Syria that tried to cross the kingdom’s borders while it was carrying hand grenades and a rifle. The statement quoted an official military source in the General Command of the Armed Forces as saying, “The Border Guard ...
- Armenian humanitarian demining center provides aid to Syrian settlements affected by earthquake
February 13, 2023
The specialists of the Armenian Humanitarian Center for De-mining and Expertise, who are engaged in explosive ordnance disposal in Darayya, Damascus, are involved in eliminating the consequences of the earthquake since February 12 in cooperation with the UN offices in Syria – UNMAS, UNDP, UNOCHA, UNHCR. A team of the Armenian Humanitarian Center for De-mining and ...
- Syrian security forces’ bus targeted with IED, Injuring 15 personnel
January 31, 2023
An improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a bus carrying Syrian security personnel injured 15 individuals on the Daraa-Damascus highway. The incident took place as the soldiers were returning from a mission in Daraa province. Read more… Source: Tasnim News Agency
- Denmark supports explosive hazards management activities in Iraq
January 18, 2023
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomed a contribution of 14 million DKK (over two million USD) from the Danish government, which will assist the Iraqi government to reduce the threat of explosive ordnance impacting civilians and support the development of a sustainable, well-coordinated national mine action sector, according to a press ...
- Syria: Child Dies In Landmine Blast In Eastern Deir Ez-Zor
January 17, 2023
A child lost his life in a landmine explosion, likely of the war remnants left by the Islamic State (ISIS), in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria. Ahmad al-Saken, a resident of al-Baghouz town, 130km east of Deir ez-Zor, said that “10-year-old child Hamed al-Hamed lost his life in a landmine blast of the war ...
- Iraq: 2 killed, injured in mine explosion in Iraq
January 14, 2023
Two civilians were killed and injured following the explosion of a mine left by ISIL terrorists in the west of Al Anbar province of Iraq. One civilian was killed and another one was injured during the incident, a PMU official announced. Read more… Source: MEHR News Agency
- Iraq: Kurdistan Region records over 30 causalities to mines last year
January 12, 2023
The remains of decades-old explosives in the Kurdistan Region have killed or wounded over 30 people in 2022, according to figures published by the mines’ authority. A total of 24 people were wounded by unexploded mines across Iraq’s Kurdish region last year, mostly in the border areas with neighboring countries that had witnessed numerous battles, including ...
- Iraq reopens Baghdad’s Green Zone to ease traffic jams
January 8, 2023
Iraqi authorities reopened Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday in an attempt to ease traffic jams in the capital after it was closed and reopened several times in recent years. Starting in the early hours of the day, Iraqi authorities removed checkpoints and opened major roads and tunnels that cut through the zone on the ...
