Masam clears 372,652 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 372,652 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,720 anti-personnel mines, 134,412 anti-tank mines, 7,577 improvised explosive devices and 224,943 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 40,736,537sqm 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…

Younes Ismail’s story

Younes Esmail lives in southwestern Yemen. The teenager hasn’t let a terrible landmine accident get in the way of his education. “The explosion led to the amputation of my lower limbs, and my left hand; it completely damaged my left eye, and caused the death of my uncle, who was sitting next to me,” Younes…