Masam clears 373,894 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 373,894 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,892 anti-personnel mines, 134,632 anti-tank mines, 7,632 improvised explosive devices and 225,738 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 41,039,283sqm 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…