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Iraq

In February 2017, Hossam and his family fled the fighting in Mosul and took refuge in Qayyarah displaced people’s camp. A few weeks later, Hossam had an accident that left him with a broken leg. He is being treated in Hamdaniya hospital, where Handicap International is providing him with physiotherapy care. 

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Hossam in his hospital room in Hamdaniya. | © E. Fourt / Handicap International

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Demining so that people can use their land again
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Explosive weapons

Demining so that people can use their land again

Clearance is vital for many people in Iraq. Lands, villages, etc. are contaminated by improvised mines following years of war.

The challenge of explosive contamination in Iraq
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Emergency Explosive weapons

The challenge of explosive contamination in Iraq

Roger Eid, HI’s Chief of Operations in Iraq, discusses the ongoing threat to the population of explosive remnants of war in a country littered with these deadly vestiges of past conflicts.

To demine to help my community
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Explosive weapons

To demine to help my community

Istabraq Lazim Muhammed joined the HI clearance team in Salah al Din, Iraq, last April. She tells us her motivation.