Iraq landmines: A legacy of decades of conflicts

Al Jazeera looks at how Iraq has been left littered with unexploded booby traps after decades of wars.

Decades of war in Iraq have left it contaminated with landmines.

And in recent years, the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has diverted money away from projects already struggling to help clear the explosives.

The worst affected region is around the city of Basra.

Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from Basra.