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HALO worker wearing a protective vest and visor
18th June 2025 | Sri Lanka | Clearing explosives

300,000 landmines cleared in Sri Lanka

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Boy squatting next to cluster munitions in Afghanistan
10th June 2025 | Afghanistan | Press release | Clearing explosives

​One in five Afghans at risk of landmines and explosives

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Link to Making heritage sites safe for posterity
21st May 2025 | Syria, West Bank, Cambodia, Afghanistan | Clearing explosives, Partners

Making heritage sites safe for posterity

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Nour Mari, From HALO Syria, Marks The Location Of A Unexploded Projectile
25th March 2025 | Syria | Press release | Clearing explosives, Teaching safety

Germany announces €5M support for HALO Syria

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Link to HALO helps search for long-lost victims of WW2
21st March 2025 | Solomon Islands | Story | Teaching safety, Clearing explosives

HALO helps search for long-lost victims of WW2

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Wall mural in Idlib Syria following fall of Assad
7th March 2025 | Syria | News | Clearing explosives

One million returning Syrians at risk from unexploded bombs

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Link to How Syria's minefields jeopardise hope for a better life after war’s end
4th February 2025 | Syria | Media coverage | Clearing explosives

How Syria's Minefields Jeopardise Hope For A Better Life After War’s End

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Link to Syria landmine crisis spirals as millions begin to return home
3rd February 2025 | Syria | Press release | Clearing explosives

Syria landmine crisis spirals as millions begin to return home

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Link to Syria war legacy causing mass death
9th January 2025 | Syria | News | Clearing explosives, Teaching safety

Syria war legacy causing mass death

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A map image depicting the areas and scale of landmine and explosive ordnance contamination in Syria
15th December 2024 | Syria | News | Clearing explosives, Teaching safety

Syrian civilians walking into minefields

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Link to Reclaiming roots: Clearing farmland for prosperity
10th December 2024 | Cambodia | Story | Clearing explosives

Reclaiming roots: Clearing farmland for prosperity

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Link to Clearing the path: How technology is changing mine action
10th December 2024 | Story | Clearing explosives

Clearing the Path

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