Iraq: Basra, the city most saturated with landmines worldwide

The Directorate for Mine Action (DMA) of the Iraqi Ministry of Environment revealed that Basra came first worldwide as the city with the most landmines.

Media Director of the DMA, Mustafa Hamid, explained that the southern Iraqi city of Basra has about 1,200 square kilometers full of landmines, pointing out that areas where landmines are planted in Iraq reached six thousand square kilometers, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.