Munir Zhour and his family, whose home was destroyed in 2006. See: 'These
days I feel hopeful'
MAG Lebanon report - June 2010 (PDF)
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the latest report from MAG's operations in the country.
MAG hosts new UK Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
A high level delegation from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has visited MAG in Lebanon. (13 July 2010)
MAG Lebanon report - May 2010 [PDF]
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the latest report from MAG's operations in the country.
PHOTO
GALLERY: Football stars
This selection of images taken by MAG
photographer Sean Sutton over the past 15 years celebrates the world
game and the strength of the human spirit. (8 June 2010)
'These days I feel hopeful'
"Inside what had once been our home there were now hundreds of lethal unexploded cluster munitions. We could not reach our trees because these small, deadly bombs were all over our land..." (26 April 2010)
Japan assists MAG in Lebanon
The Japanese Government has given MAG a grant of US$78,818 to cover the cost of a mini vegetation cutter. (15 March 2010)
MAG welcomes ratification of Cluster Bomb Ban Treaty
Today's news will have even more resonance for people in Lebanon, Lao PDR and Iraq, where the lethal threat from unexploded cluster munitions continues to affect the daily life of countless communities. (17 February 2010)
MAG celebrates lifesaving clearance milestone
The deminers who risk their lives daily to rid Lebanon of deadly munitions have been honoured in a special ceremony celebrating MAG's clearance of more than 13 million square metres of land in the country since 2006. (6 November 09)
Blog: A day in the life of two interns
Safely positioned a few steps back, we watch as Jeff inspects the dangerous items and prepares the explosives needed... (20 August 09)
Blog: Watching a MineCat in action
No matter what experiences this last week has in store, one thing is certain: a both mentally and physical exhausted Hanna will be sitting on the plane, carrying bags filled with memories, meetings with new people, lessons and invaluable knowledge. (20 August 09)
VIDEO: Clearance in South Lebanon
UK Foreign Office minister Ivan Lewis meets some of the staff from MAG in South Lebanon, which is littered with unexploded munitions from the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. (13 August 09)
A widow's remarkable tale
Two months pregnant with the couple’s ninth child, Em Saoud Mashmoushi watched her husband being shot dead and was herself hit in the back by a bullet. Miraculously, both she and the baby survived. Then came the challenge of living close to land contaminated by mines and unexploded ordnance... (28 July 09)
Blog: Welcome to Lebanon!
The life of two interns at MAG Lebanon... (27 July 09)
Removing danger in the city of Nabatieh
Since the July war of 2006 ended, MAG has cleared 9.8 million square metres of land in Lebanon, destroying around 21,000 remnants of conflict, clearing 294 dangerous areas, and assisting 450,000 people at risk from death or injury from remnants of conflict. (6 July 09)
'We want our country to become like Europe'
By removing the cluster bomblets that were blocking access to agriculture and infrastructure, MAG has improved the economic potential of a community in southern Lebanon. (23 June 09)
Recovering livelihoods in Zawtar East
A 12-month project by MAG ‘Battle Area Clearance’ teams in Lebanon is helping people like restaurant owner Hussein Sami Ismael to get their lives back on track. (5 June 09)
Building futures
The town of Aadchit was among the most intensely bombed areas during the 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. "If MAG didn’t clear this land, we would have to do it ourselves," says factory owner Kamel Fahas. (29 May 09)
Assisting farming in Aadchit
Unable to harvest their crops due to unexploded bombs left over from the conflict, Fahes' family lost $12,000 in income in 2006 alone. Now that MAG has cleared her land, she can look forward to making a safe living again. (11 May 09)
'Every metre of safe land is income I can regain'
A total of 265 cluster submunitions and 126 items of unexploded ordnance have so far been found on farmer Adnan Fakih's land. (11 May 09)
Conventional weapons destruction and landmine clearance
MAG has received a $1.5 million grant for conventional weapons destruction in eight southern Lebanon communities from the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement. An estimated 45,000 people will benefit from the clearance efforts. (3 April 09)
MAG signs two new contracts with the German Government
The German government is providing funding of €550,325 for MAG’s demining operations this year in Iraq and Lebanon. (5 March 09)
Improving quality of life in Sejoud
Afif Nasser Elddine is the head of the municipality of Sejoud, a village 22km from Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. He has been trying to convince people who fled the village due to conflict to return back to Sejoud... (16 September 08)
Recovery in Smaaieh
MAG talked to residents of Smaaieh which, like many villages in southern Lebanon, was littered with unexploded cluster submunitions after the 2006 war. (4 August 08)
In their own words
"The area we are clearing is close to houses and children playing. Every time we find a cluster muniton and the Technical Field Manager removes it I feel we saved a life" - Rabeeih Faraj, MAG Lebanon deminer. (6 March 08)
Building a future in Qoseybeh
When the 2006 war ended, Rami Ossayran and his mother returned home to find that their house and their livelihood had been destroyed. (29 February 08)
MULTIMEDIA: 'Bombs Left Behind'
Watch the 55-minute Dan Rather Reports broadcast from HDNet featuring the work of MAG Lebanon. [MAG is not responsible for the content of external sites] (14 February 08)
MAG in the media: The Big Issue (UK)
MAG's Lebanon programme is the subject of a four-page article in this week's Big Issue in the North. (7 February 08)
MAG in the media: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
MAG’s work in southern Lebanon was featured in an article in today’s Daily Star, the pan-Middle East English language newspaper and website. (24 January 08)
Tackling the lethal legacy of conflict
Nearly 18 months after the 2006 war in Lebanon began, journalist Billy Briggs visited the country to see for himself the work MAG is doing to overcome its lethal legacy. (14 December 07)
MAG in the media: El Mundo
MAG featured in an article in Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo yesterday on the humanitarian work carried out in Lebanon. (16 November 07)
MAG assists UNRWA in Nahr El-Bared
From today [Friday] until Sunday, three MAG staff will be accompanying UN Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA's mission inside Nahr el-Bared camp in Tripoli. (21 September 07)
MAG in the media: The Big Issue
Ten years after Princess Diana’s death, The Big Issue in the North assesses her effect on the worldwide campaign against landmines. (19 September 07)
Yohmor village – a year on
MAG is now focusing on making private land safe enough for reconstruction, or activities such as farming that so many of the residents rely on for income generation. (14 September 07)
Lebanon: one year on
Working in coordination with the Lebanese authorities and UN, MAG continues to make large areas of land safe. (10 September 07)
Continuing to make Lebanon safe
MAG has hosted a visit from Ms. Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development and Member of the German Bundestag. (23 July 07)
Carriers of peace and hope
"My shock was beyond words when I found hundreds of cluster bombs everwhere I looked." Seventy-three year old farmer Ali Sultan is a resident of Kfar Roumane. (13 July 07)
Lebanon crisis update 5
MAG has sent a special team from Iraq into Lebanon to help get rid of the thousands of cluster bombs and other unexploded munitions from the villages and towns in the south of the country. (4 September 06)
Lebanon crisis update 4
MAG is the only non-governmental organisation in Lebanon clearing unexploded munitions left over from the recent conflict, destroying a total of 1835 submunitions in less than two weeks. (25 August 06)
Lebanon crisis update 3
The UN has urgently requested the help of MAG to remove unexploded weapons from roads, towns and homes in southern Lebanon to ensure safe return for people in the area. (17 August 06)
Lebanon crisis update 2
More than 900,000 Lebanese are expected to return and MAG’s 80-strong staff is mobilised to clear as many of the remnants of conflict as soon as there is a cessation of hostilities. (10 August 06)
Lebanon crisis update 1
MAG has launched emergency conflict recovery programme in Lebanon and is calling for widespread international support. (3 August 06)
Partners in progress and life
Residents of the village of Almeshref can now farm without fear and their children can play in safety, following clearance work by MAG. (4 October 05)
Deminers' course
The Basic Deminers Training Course was conducted by Technical Field Manager Mikael Bold and Technical Field Manager Magnus Rundström during June 2004. (1 June 04)
Power station clearance
MAG was tasked by the National Demining Office to clear an area around and close to the Power Station in Joun close to the City of Saida. The operations are currently funded by the EU. (1 March 04)
Staff profile: Ali Shuaib
“My first task was Saidoun Village where there were minefields around the previous Military Position of the Israeli Army and the SLA, near residential places and the agricultural lands.” (1 March 03)
Al Wazani village
The presence of many Belgium AP mines (M35) separated the village of Al Wazani on the Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian border into two parts. (1 January 02)
Clearing a shrine
During November 2002 one of MAG's Mine Action Teams (MAT) conducted an emergency task at a religious site near Aaramta, South Lebanon. (1 November 02)
MAG in Aaramta
Following completion of the basic deminer course in early September 2002, the second MAG Mine Action Team began clearance of a mined area in Aaramta. (1 September 02)
