Landmine

The kingdom’s mines: Inside Saudi Arabia’s mission to clear mines in war-torn Yemen

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS | In a country shattered by war and haunted by what lies beneath its soil, Saudi Arabia’s Project Masam continues to uncover a more hopeful future.

 AS OF early 2025, Project Masam had cleared more than 425,000 explosive devices, including over 7,000 improvised devices and thousands of antipersonnel and anti-tank mines from Yemen.
 Hospital staff transport the body of a foreign UN worker in an ambulance at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on March 19, 2025

Sources to 'Post': UN officials harmed by clearing landmines, not by Israeli airstrike

 Smoke rises from the site of Israeli air strikes at the port of Hodeidah, in Hodeidah, Yemen July 21, 2024.

Landmine explosion in Yemen’s Al Hudaydah kills four, including child

 A land mine in Afghanistan.

Armenian land mines prevent peace with Azerbaijan - opinion


More than 260 civilians killed after stepping on mines, explosives - Ukraine

At least 571 people have received injuries during more than 560 incidents involving mines or explosive objects left behind by the fighting, the General Staff said on Telegram messenger.

 A sapper of 128th separate territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wearing "spider boots", a protection system that prevents or minimizes feet and legs injury, takes part in a training, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine August 2, 2023.

Azerbaijan says six citizens were killed by land mines, blames Armenians

Azerbaijan blamed "illegal Armenian armed groups" for laying the deadly mines.

A security guard walks past an Azeri (L) and Armenian flag at the opening of talks in Geneva, Switzerland, October 16, 2017.

On Ukraine's landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill

For mine-clearers like Volodymyr, every day brings deadly risk, trying to make the ground safe, first for their fellow soldiers to advance, and eventually for civilians to go home.

 A sapper of 128th separate territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine takes part in a training, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine August 2, 2023.

Ukraine's allies commit $244m. for humanitarian mine clearance

International partners have also committed to supplying hundreds of metal detectors and pyrotechnic machines, as well as individual demining kits and gear.

 Ukrainian serviceman examines anti tanks mines near a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 24, 2022.

Mines playing key role in Russian defense against Ukraine offensive -UK

Both Russia and Ukraine have made extensive use of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines over the course of the war.

 Ukrainian serviceman examines anti tanks mines near a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 24, 2022.

Human Rights Watch reports new evidence of Ukrainian use of banned landmines

The group called on Ukraine's government to follow through with a commitment made earlier this month not to employ such weapons.

 View of a mine-warning sign as a Ukrainian service member demonstrates clearing a minefield using a remote control for the Armtrac 400 demining machine, capable of clearing 2,400 square metres per hour, amid Russia's invasion, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine October 27, 2022.

Landmines kill or maim about 5,000 people annually, ban them now - opinion

From the conflicts in Ukraine and Azerbaijan and Armenia to the ones in Afghanistan, the Golan Heights and the Arab world, landmines remain a major threat to civilians.

 A MINE CLEARING operation takes place at the Gadot Observation Point, Golan Heights, in 2021.

Ukraine starts testing Israeli missile warning system in Kyiv

US Jewish organizations are set to sponsor Israeli efforts to treat Ukrainians with PTSD and called on the ambassador to condemn judicial reform.

 A view shows a residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine March 22, 2023.

2 IDF soldiers injured in landmine explosion along Lebanese border

The background of the incident is as of yet unclear.

 Israeli soldiers guard in Metula, on the border between Israel and Lebanon, northern Israel, on May 14, 2021, after Lebanese protesters crossed the Israeli border fence.

North Korea says it defused US Korean War bombs in Pyongyang

Explosives left over from the 1950-1953 Korean War have long been a danger to citizens in both Koreas.

A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022.

Ukraine: Russia sending civilians through landmine fields to find safe routes

Russian forces reportedly send civilians into Ukrainian minefields to find safe routes to Ukrainian positions. * This comes as Human Rights Watch condemned Ukraine's landmine use.

 Ukrainian serviceman examines anti tanks mines near a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 24, 2022.