Masam clears 369,159 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 369,159 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,687 anti-personnel mines, 133,538 anti-tank mines, 7,553 improvised explosive devices and 222,381 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 39,652,109sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been left littered with Houthi anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines, along with unexploded…