{"id":5044,"date":"2022-06-02T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawai.li\/fsd\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:29:03","slug":"our-partner-in-iraq-is-now-accredited-to-clear-improvised-mines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/our-partner-in-iraq-is-now-accredited-to-clear-improvised-mines\/","title":{"rendered":"Capacity building: our partner in Iraq is now accredited to clear improvised mines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After months of practical training, SHO staff now have the necessary skills to carry out all stages of the demining process, from preliminary surveys to locating and clearing explosive devices. FSD has also helped SHO to strengthen its administrative, financial and managerial skills, which are essential for effective demining operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process concluded with the accreditation of the organisation by the Iraqi authorities last November, and the achievement of SHO\u2019s first fully autonomous demining tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An FSD technical expert guides a trainee deminer during an exercise to excavate an improvised mine (Erbil, May 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of SHO\u2019s first achievements was the clearance of mines around a football field in the village of Sultan Abdullah. Located about 50 km south-east of Mosul, the village was in the hands of the Islamic State from June 2014 to October 2016. Many villagers were killed, others fled, houses were destroyed and booby-trapped by explosive devices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several improvised mines partially excavated near the football field in Sultan Abdullah village (March 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Islamic State combatants booby-trapped buildings and fields, as well as a road linking the village to the nearby town of Tel al-Reem and laid explosive devices around the football field. Built in 2014, this was the only recreational and sports facility in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last few years, four accidental explosions have been recorded in the village of Sultan Abdullah. One person was killed and three injured. In March 2022, SHO deminers cleared the area, neutralising sixteen improvised landmines and one unexploded ordnance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, displaced families are returning to their homes, the road to the nearby village of Tel al-Reem has been reopened, and villagers are once again using the football field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The residents of Sultan Abdullah also pointed out that the contaminated area was\u00a0close to electricity poles, some of which containing\u00a0electricity transformers. These were impossible to service due to the presence of explosive devices in the area, but are now accessible for repair and maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After months of practical training, SHO staff now have the necessary skills to carry out all stages of the demining process, from preliminary surveys to locating and clearing explosive devices. FSD has also helped SHO to strengthen its administrative, financial and managerial skills, which are essential for effective demining operations. This process concluded with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"news_country_category":[88],"custom_post_format":[145],"class_list":["post-5044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humanitarian-demining","news_country_category-irak","custom_post_format-news-from-the-field"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5044"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6078,"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044\/revisions\/6078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5044"},{"taxonomy":"news_country_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_country_category?post=5044"},{"taxonomy":"custom_post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsd.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_post_format?post=5044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}