-As a result of combat operations between the Axis and the Allied Forces during the Second World War, the Arab Republic of Egypt is considered to have been seriously affected by land mines and UXO .

-The mine / UXO problem in the western desert started during the Second world war, between 1941 - 1943 , as a result of the British Campaigns in north Africa against the Axis troops ( German / Italian ) attempts to control and occupy the Area . Most of the battles took place in the Area between Quattara depression , Alamein , and the Mediterranean. The mines / UXO infest a vast coastal strip between Alamein and the Egyptian / Libyan boarders .