Masam clears 370,117 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 370,117 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,695 anti-personnel mines, 133,822 anti-tank mines, 7,557 improvised explosive devices and 223,043 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 39,959,663sqm 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 remnants…