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)
Imprisoned by bombs
When MAG first visited Yohmor village a day, just five kilometres from the blue line - the Israeli border - after the ceasefire, we were shocked by the level of contamination. (4 September 06)
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)
