By John Lee.
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has issued a summary of its operations in Iraq from 1st January to 30th June 2025:
- Removed 7,401 explosive remnants of war (ERW), and 399 improvised explosive devices (IED) in Ninewa governorate.
- Conducted 14 clearance tasks enabling rehabilitation and resumption of livelihood activities, and humanitarian actors to move forward with urgent lifesaving interventions.
- In addition, 51 spot tasks were conducted in response to community reporting, removing 173 explosive ordnance (EO) items.
- 188 police officers, including 41 women, were trained to be able to identify, mark and report EO threats.
- Two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) / Drone training courses,
- one Global Positioning System (GPS) training course,
- two Awareness on the Dangers of Explosives (UXO - Mines - IEDs) courses,
- two Training of Trainers (T3) Awareness Courses and
- one IED Disposal training.
- Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) sessions were delivered to 13,779 people in affected communities near areas with ongoing clearance operations.
(Source: UNMAS)
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