How Iraq is changing what we do: Measuring clearance in urban environments

SUMMARY: Iraq is changing what we think, say, and do about mine action. The terms, standards, and measurements used by the humanitarian mine action community need to be revised as Daesh remains a destabilizing influence. While the Al Maedam district of Mosul fell to Iraqi Security Forces in a ‘last battle’ on 10 July 2017, the government declared an official end to the conflict in Iraq on 10 December 2017.