Masam clears 371,236 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 371,236 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,701 anti-personnel mines, 134,108 anti-tank mines, 7,568 improvised explosive devices and 223,859 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 40,264,827sqm 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…