Masam clears 397,214 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 397,214 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,120 anti-personnel mines, 138,752 anti-tank mines, 7,782 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 244,560 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 45,600,070sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have…