Efforts to rehabilitate valley conduit stymied as conservationists seek to reverse damage from years of conflict and politics, resource abuse and pollution

'It was like walking into a time capsule, with beer still on the shelf, the tables still laid for dinner,' says head of UK group who oversaw project at Qasr al-Yahud

Six months of work still remaining at Christian pilgrimage site until area is deemed landmine-free

IDF Combat Engineering and NGO Halo Trust are in the process of demining 6,500 landmines from church compounds near Jericho