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Landmines planted by the Houthi militia in Yemeni villages and towns are among the biggest threats facing Yemenis’ present and future because they are invisible and camouflaged, and have been randomly planted in large quantities – making Yemen one of the most landmine contaminated countries in the world. Landmines have caused uncountable deaths and injuries…

Masam clears 377,608 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 377,608 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,934 anti-personnel mines, 134,983 anti-tank mines, 7,642 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 229,049 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 41,931,252sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…