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Head of the donor countries delegation and Director for Humanitarian Affairs at the German Foreign Ministry, Ina HEUSGEN, said Thursday that international donors continue to support Syria’s recovery efforts and infrastructure rehabilitation, with particular emphasis on mine clearance, humanitarian assistance Read More …
More than 110,000 mines and explosive remnants of war have been dismantled or destroyed across Syria since the beginning of 2026 by engineering units of the Syrian Arab Army, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Defense on the Read More …
Two members of an engineering unit specialized in mine clearance, affiliated with the Syrian Army’s 72nd Division, were injured due to the explosion of an old landmine while they were attempting to dismantle it in Ain Issa town in northern Read More …
Aleppo Governorate has launched a large-scale campaign to remove roughly 150,000 cubic meters of rubble and earth barriers and reopen key roads across several neighborhoods. Engineering teams first inspected and secured the sites, checking for explosives and other remnants of Read More …
Four years after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine faces another crisis that will outlast the war itself: millions of landmines scattered across a thousand-kilometer front line, buried in some of the world’s best farmland. However, a remarkable transformation is underway. The HALO Read More …
Engineering teams have begun removing mines and unexploded ordnance from the archaeological site of Ruwayha in southern Idlib, the Syrian Arab Republic’s state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday. The operation is part of a broader plan by the Idlib Read More …
Syria’s Minister of Emergency Management and Disaster Response, Raed al-Saleh, met a Ukrainian delegation in Damascus to discuss expanding cooperation on clearing landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), the ministry said. The Ukrainian delegation was led by Ihor Bezkrovainyi, director of Read More …
Belgium contributed €1.35 million last year to mine clearance work by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq and Syria, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday. Since 2019, Belgium has invested more than €13 million in mine Read More …
Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management, Raed al-Saleh, met with Dutch envoy to Syria, Alexander Geerts, and his accompanying delegation on Wednesday in Damascus to discuss prospects for joint cooperation in infrastructure rehabilitation and recovery efforts, with a particular Read More …
Engineering teams from Syria’s Internal Security Forces began clearing mines and improvised explosive devices on Wednesday from a key road linking the Qarah Qozak Bridge with the town of Shuyukh in eastern Aleppo province, the Interior Ministry said. The devices Read More …
The engineering and sapper unit of Kazakhstan’s national contingent is successfully fulfilling its tasks under the United Nations mandate on the Golan Heights, Qazinform News Agency cites the Kazakh Defense Ministry. Since April 11, 2025, the military conducted 44 operations, Read More …
Syria’s Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management launched Sunday a four-day national workshop, “Safe Step,” aimed at raising awareness about the dangers of mines and unexploded ordnance. The workshop organized by the Syrian National Mine Action Center will focus on Read More …
Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report launched in Geneva on Monday. It documents 6,279 casualties in 2024. Children remain Read More …
Three Syrian soldiers were injured while carrying out demining operations in the countryside of Homs near the Syrian-Lebanese border and in the town of Kafr Nabouda in Hama countryside, military source said Tuesday. “Three soldiers from the engineering units of Read More …
During the general debate on the agenda item “Assistance in Mine Action” at the Fourth Committee of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Armenia’s delegation emphasized the humanitarian nature of demining and reiterated the country’s firm commitment to Read More …
Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh discussed with Jessica Svärdström, the Chargé d’affaires of the Kingdom of Sweden’s Embassy to Syria areas for enhancing cooperation in disaster management, institutional capacity building, and knowledge exchange to support sustainable Read More …
As a Technical Field Manager Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring quality, safety and efficiency in our humanitarian mine clearance and EOD and IEDD operations. Working closely with, and reporting to the Technical Operations Manager (TOM), you will Read More …
As a Technical Field Manager Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring quality, safety and efficiency in our humanitarian mine clearance and EOD and IEDD operations. Working closely with, and reporting to the Technical Operations Manager (TOM), you will Read More …
SOHR activists have reported that an old landmine exploded in a civilian car carrying vegetables near Tel Al-Khidr area near Tafas city in the western countryside of Daraa. The explosion left several civilians injured and they were taken to the Read More …
MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is an international humanitarian organisation based in Manchester, UK, and working in 32 countries. We remove landmines and unexploded ordnance to release safe and productive land for communities, and work to reduce the threat of armed Read More …
