Syrian organizations work to remove war remnants in northwest Syria - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Mohammed Hardan

Apr 11, 2021

A Syrian army soldier uses a detector to find and clear landmines in a field at a pistachio orchard in the village of Maan, north of Hama, in west-central Syria, June 24, 2020. — A Syrian army soldier uses a detector to find and clear landmines in a field at a pistachio orchard in the village of Maan, north of Hama, in west-central Syria, June 24, 2020. — Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images)

A member of Hamas security forces looks at the remains of spent ammunition and unexploded bombs, fired by Israeli warplanes during Israel's 22-day offensive, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 26, 2009. Some 1,300 Palestinians, including at least 700 civilians, were killed, Palestinian medical officials said, in the offensive Israel launched in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with the declared aim of ending cross-border rocket attacks. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA) - RTR23WJ0

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Abdulaziz al-Oqab walks with with his nephews who were orphaned when a landmine exploded under a pick-up truck, claiming the lives of 21 family members

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An NGO de-miners search for unexploded ordnance in a field in Radhwaniya district western Baghdad December 7, 2008. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ) - RTR22CL7

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Members of Roj Mine Control Organization search for mines and explosive devices planted by Islamic State militants to disarm them near Ain Issa village north of Raqqa, Syria, June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic - RC1FCEC4E0B0

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