Turning the tide: How civilians hoarding weapons for personal gain are now handing over thousands of landmines
It was a call that Nasser Al-Samsom, the leader of Project Masam’s demining Team 7, was not expecting to receive. Calls made to his demining team usually follow the spotting of a landmine on a road, concerns that a metallic object could turn out to be an improvised explosive device (IED) nestled between rocks in…