An Iraqi who dedicates his life to the demining of border mines

Iraqi Hoshyar Ali has been working with dedication for 33 years to clear the mines laid on the Iraqi-Iranian border during the 1980-88 war.

Hoshyar Ali, 56, who works as a volunteer, removed hundreds of thousands of mines planted in the Iraqi city of Halabja (northwest).

Speaking to Anatolia, Ali said he had removed about 2,700 mines planted by the Islamic State Organization in many Iraqi areas in 2014.

He referred to his training in mine clearance in Iran in 1980, before he decided to return to Iraq and contribute to the preservation of people's lives.

Ali - who lost his feet (moving with artificial feet) by blowing up two mines in two separate incidents - described what he was doing with humanitarian work.