Cooper to visit Middle East as UK pledges demining help for Gaza The UK on Thursday pledged £4 million to help a UN peacekeeping body clear land mines in the enclave. Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025
A bomb in Gaza’s rubble badly wounds six-year-old twins who thought it was a toy The children had been playing near their damaged home when they discovered a round object The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025
More War Debris In Gaza Than Ukraine: UN The Gaza Strip is filled with more war debris and rubble than Ukraine, the head of UN demining operations for the narrow Palestinian territory said Wednesday. International Business Times · May 1, 2024
‘There is always risk’: The Zimbabwean de-miner in South Sudan Job Tawengwa has lived on the road for about 25 years in his job defusing unexploded ordnances. Al Jazeera · Jul 14, 2023
South Sudan struggles to clear mines after decades of war as people start returning home Many South Sudanese are returning to areas riddled with mines left from decades of conflict as they trickle back into the country after a peace deal was signed in 2018 to end a five-year civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people and displaced millions The Independent UK · May 31, 2023
Syria Landmines Keep Sowing Death Family members from three generations were huddled on the back of a pickup truck for what started as a joyful ride through the Syrian countryside for Abdulaziz al-Oqab and his relatives. They were planning to sample the long-forgotten peacetime pleasure of a simple family picnic when a landmine brought a… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 11, 2022
Mines kill, injure over 500 children in Iraq At least 519 children have been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Iraq in the past five years, UN agencies have warned. Bangkok Post · Apr 5, 2022