Mine

Mine event in Basra, Basra area, Iraq on Tue 14th March 2023

14th March 2023

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The Directorate for Mine Action (DMA) of the Iraqi Ministry of Environment revealed that Basra came first worldwide as the city with the most landmines. Media Director of the DMA, Mustafa Hamid, explained that the southern Iraqi city of Basra has about 1,200 square kilometers full of landmines, pointing out that areas where landmines are planted in Iraq reached six thousand square kilometers, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.

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