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Myanmar military landmine use amounts to war crimes: Amnesty
Myanmar junta troops are committing war crimes by laying landmines on a “massive scale” around villages where they are battling anti-coup fighters, ... World News -
Global death toll of landmines rises due to mines laid by militants
The global casualty toll of landmines doubled in 2018 from a 2013 low due to conflicts in Afghanistan, Syria and Mali and mostly due to the increased ... Features -
Saudi project clears 1,024 Houthi mines, explosive devices in Yemen
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen (MASAM) has announced the extraction of 781 unexploded ordnance, 210 anti-tank mines, 27 ... Gulf -
Landmine explosion kills seven children in Afghanistan
A landmine explosion killed seven children and wounded two others in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, as war ordnance again claimed ... World News -
Yemeni photojournalist becomes latest victim of Houthi landmines
Houthi landmines continue to fiercely take away the lives of civilians and innocent people in Yemen. The mines have been planted by the Houthi ... Gulf -
Rohingya boy’s leg blown off as Myanmar lays landmines near border
Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh for the past three days, said two government sources in Dhaka, adding ... World News -
Houthi militias turn Najran school into a ‘death factory’
A Yemeni military official confirmed that the Houthi militias and the ousted Saleh supporters had converted a school in Najran, in the area of Mahjaza ... Gulf -
Human Rights Watch says use of landmines by Houthis ‘violate the laws of war’
The Human Rights Watch has in a report on Yemen highlighted the Houthi-Saleh forces’ use of banned antipersonnel landmines that has caused ... Features -
Houthi mines kill hundreds violating international law
Houthi militia have committed more than 2,200 breaches of international law, using land mines across 16 Yemen governorates, the Yemeni Coalition to ... Gulf -
HRW warns Houthi landmines are killing civilians
A report released by Human Rights Watch said Houthis landmines have causes deaths and serious injuries to civilians Middle East -
Funding cuts, insurgency hamper Afghan goal to clear mines by 2023
The mammoth task, vital to the country’s economic recovery, was to have been completed by 2013 Features -
Lebanon seeks more aid to clear unexploded mines
The State Department has published its yearly report on its program to destroy abandoned conventional weapons Middle East -
Two soldiers killed by landmine in Tunisia
Tunisia has since its 2011 revolution faced an upsurge in violence that has cost the lives of several dozen soldiers and police Middle East -
Ministry: Land mine kills four Tunisian soldiers
The incident occured in the country's northwest, where the authorities are waging a campaign against suspected jihadists Middle East -
Mines awareness in Lebanon
The United Nations Interim Force carried out an awareness program on the dangers of landmines, a as part of the U.N. International Day of Mine ... Perspective
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